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Table 1 Demographic, clinical, OCT, topographic and color doppler parameter levels (Mean ± SE) of four groups

From: Resistive index of central retinal artery is a bioimaging biomarker for severity of diabetic retinopathy

Variables

Controls (n = 26) (%)

NO DR (n = 26) (%)

NPDR (n = 29) (%)

PDR (n = 26) (%)

F/χ2 value

p value

Age (yrs)

60.45 ± 1.43

60 ± 1.54

58.33 ± 2.32

63.89 ± 1.95

1.58

0.265

Sex

 Female

10 (36.4)

11 (40.9)

9 (28.0)

7 (22.7)

2.20

0.587

 Male

16 (63.6)

15 (59.1)

20 (72.0)

19 (77.3)

  

HbA1c (%)

5.41 ± 0.12

7.94 ± 0.21

8.50 ± 0.295

8.84 ± 0.167

55.87

<0.001

S. urea (mg/dl)

33.278 ± 0.854

38.078 ± 2.154

37.87 ± 0.978

39.84 ± 1.13

4.31

0.008

S. creatinine (mg/dl)

0.98 ± 0.02

1.16 ± 0.03

1.15 ± 0.03

1.64 ± 0.07

46.546

<0.001

VA (LogMAR)

0.089 ± 0.02

0.36 ± 0.14

0.76 ± 0.07

1.16 ± 0.02

109.76

<0.001

CST (μm)

246.91 ± 2.62

267.73 ± 4.37

308.72 ± 22.52

456.91 ± 19.36

37.21

<0.001

CAT (μm)

255.67 ± 1.08

273.44 ± 7.57

301.06 ± 9.37

371.26 ± 6.23

50.675

<0.001

RNFL (μm)

89.38 ± 0.33

85.57 ± 0.89

86.06 ± 0.92

72.35 ± 1.37

61.14

<0.001

EZ

 Disruption absent

26 (100.0)

23 (95.5)

24 (56.0)

0 (0.0)

60.66

<0.001

 Disruption present

0 (0.0)

3 (4.5)

5 (44.0)

26 (100.0)

  

RI-CRA

0.66 ± 0.01

0.77 ± 0.01

0.79 ± 0.02

0.987 ± 0.09

10.24

<0.001

  1. NO DR no diabetic retinopathy, NPDR non proliferative diabetic retinopathy, PDR proliferative diabetic retinopathy, BCVA best corrected visual acuity, HBA1c glycosylated haemoglobin, CST central subfield thickness, CAT cube average thickness, RNFL retinal nerve fiber layer, EZ ellipsoid zone, RI-CRA resistive index of central retinal artery