In addition, the percentage of IL-8-producing CD11b−CD3+ T cells was higher in nAMD patients (5.0 ± 4.3%) compared to controls (2.9 ± 2.5%) in the univariate (P = 0.038 ), but not multivariate analysis (P = 0.117, adjusting for age, gender and diabetes). Here, CXCL8 is linked to diabetes mellitus.