5 Discussion 5.1 Young age and hypertension are risk factors for DR Complicated with DN This study showed that the mean age of patients in the DR/DN group was significantly lower than that of the DR group, and subgroup analysis showed that the mean age of the PDR/DN group was below 50 years old, and the age of the PDR, NPDR/DN and PDR/DN groups showed a significant trend toward younger age compared with the NPDR group, and the results of multifactorial analysis indicated that age was a protective factor for DR/DN.
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Characterization of peripheral blood inflammatory indicators and OCT imaging biological markers in diabetic retinopathy with or without nephropathy.
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