Table 1 of Abu El-Asrar, Mol Vis 2016; 22:424-435.


Table 1. Comparisons of mean ±SD levels of heparanase enzymatic activity in vitreous fluid samples according to type of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).

Disease group Heparanase activity (µ/ml) p value
- Active PDR (n=15) 0.056±0.078 0.01*
- Inactive PDR (n=10) 0.0071±0.0167  
- PDR with hemorrhage (n=15) 0.044±0.071 0.119
- PDR without hemorrhage (n=10) 0.025±0.058  
- PDR with TRD (n=16) 0.026±0.049 0.141
- PDR without TRD (n=9) 0.054±0.088