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Table 1 Characteristics of cases with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and controls included in the genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in blood from subjects with type 1 diabetes

From: Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in subjects with type 1 diabetes identifies epigenetic modifications associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy

Characteristics

Controls

Cases

P value

N (male/female)

30 (15/15)

28 (17/11)

 

Age (years)*

36.1 ± 13.7

34.0 ± 8.5

1

Diabetes duration (years)

17.1 ± 9.6

21.0 ± 3.8

1 Ă— 10−4

HbA1c (%)

7.1 ± 1.2

8.6 ± 1.6

2 Ă— 10−4

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

126.7 ± 15.9

133.0 ± 21.4

0.44

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

72.9 ± 9.9

77.0 ± 8.1

0.15

  1. Data are presented a mean ± SD. P value based on Mann–Whitney two independent samples test. *Age at DNA sampling and fundus photography
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