Table 2 of Chen, Mol Vis 2023; 29:160-168.


Table 2. Spearman’s correlation between the expression levels of the studied genes in the PBMCs and clinical characteristics of the studied groups.

Studied gene mRNA/protein level SIRT6mRNA SIRT6protein NMNAT2mRNA NMNAT2protein IL-1βVitreous IL-6Vitreous TNF-αVitreous FBG HbA1c
SIRT6 mRNA - 0.732*** 0.377*** - −0.742*** −0.666*** −0.749*** −0.801*** −0.792***
  protein 0.732*** - - 0.593*** −0.694*** −0.736*** −0.829*** −0.767*** −0.770***
NMNAT2 mRNA 0.377*** - - 0.334*** −0.511*** −0.507*** −0.512*** −0.487*** −0.523***
  protein - 0.593*** 0.334*** - −0.607*** −0.567*** −0.649*** −0.645*** −0.632***