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Table 2 Comparison of demographic and clinical features, and of subfoveal choroidal thickness in diabetic patients with non-proliferative and proliferative diabetic retinopathy

From: Change in subfoveal choroidal thickness in diabetes and in various grades of diabetic retinopathy

 

NPDR (n = 64)

PDR (n = 36)

P value

Age (years ± SD)

63.61 ± 6.85

59.47 ± 8.20

< 0.01*

Sex (M:F)

45:19

16:20

0.01*

Duration of diabetes (years ± SD)

12.80 ± 5.36

16.14 ± 6.42

< 0.01*

Type of DM (1:2)

62:2

25:11

< 0.01*

Hypertension (%, ratio)

22/64

10/36

0.50

Phakic: pseudophakic

47:17

34:2

0.01*

Refractive status (dioptres)

− 0.28 ± 0.58

− 0.30 ± 0.68

0.88

SFCT (µm ± SD)

303.25 ± 18.59

284.56 ± 21.09

< 0.01*

  1. NPDR non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, PDR proliferative diabetic retinopathy, SD standard deviation, M male, F female, DM diabetes mellitus, SFCT subfoveal choroidal thickness
  2. *Statistically significant