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Table 1 Optic nerve head and peripapillary superficial vascular density and flow of eyes at various diabetic stages compared to normal eyes (N = 176)

From: Vascular density of optic nerve head in diabetic retinopathy using optical coherence tomography angiography

Groups

NL

(37 eyes)

(M ± SD)

NDR (35 eyes)

(M ± SD)

NPDR (58 eyes)

(M ± SD)

PDR (465 eyes)

(M ± SD)

p-value

Age (years)

53.0 ± 0.9

59.0 ± 1.1

56.0 ± 1.1

57.1 ± 1.1

0.074

(%) OD

19 (51.4)

17 (48.6)

37 (53.4)

23 (50)

0.971

Sex-male (%)

23 (62.2)

11 (31.4)

21 (36.2)

21 (45.7)

0.034

BCVA (decimal)

0.98 ± 0.00

0.91 ± 0.01

0.62 ± 0.03

0.64 ± 0.04

< 0.001

LOG MAR

0.02 ± 0.00

0.09 ± 0.01

0.42 ± 0.13

0.52 ± 0.06

0.001

The last FBS (mg/dl)

All < 100

163.8 ± 6.5

221.2 ± 9.8

231.52 ± 12.0

< 0.001

Duration of diabetes mellitus (years)

–

10 ± 1.1

11.8 ± 0.7

15.5 ± 0.9

< 0.001

Hypertension number (%)

2 (5.4%)

15 (46.9%)

26 (46.4%)

14 (48.4%)

< 0.001

Hyperlipidemia number (%)

0 (05%)

12 (37.5%)

27 (48.2%)

17 (58.6%)

< 0.001

  1. P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant
  2. BCVA: Best corrected visual acuity; DME: Diabetic macular edema; FBS: Fasting blood sugar; NDR: No diabetic retinopathy; NL: Normal; NPDR: Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR: Proliferative diabetic retinopathy