a decreasing trendP < 0.05
However, with the increase in serum P, there was a decreasing trend in age (66.87, 63.85, 61.14, 57.71, P < 0.05) and duration of diabetes (12.57, 11.7, 11.2, 10.55, P < 0.05), which suggests that the increase in the prevalence of DR was not due to an increase in age and duration of diabetes.