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Table 1 Overall baseline clinical characteristics and treatment received

From: Predictive factors for treatment outcomes with intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections in diabetic macular edema in clinical practice

Variable

N = 248

Patient related

Parameter

Age (years)

66.92 (12.19)

BMI (kg/m2)

33.56 (7.85)

DM duration (years)

22.44 (9.96)

HbA1c %

8.32 (1.62)

Gender:Male

161 (64.91%)

Smoker:Yes

127 (51.20%)

DM:T2

210 (84.67%)

Drug:Insulin

182 (73.38%)

HTN:Yes

213 (85.88%)

Nephropathy:Yes

137 (55.24%)

Hyperlipidemia:Yes

225 (90.72%)

Eye related

Baseline BCVA (ETDRS letters)

63.63 (14.93)

Baseline CMT (microns)

381.64 (107.31)

DR duration (years)

8.06 (4.23)

Laterality: RE

123 (49.59%)

Lens status: Phakic

164 (66.12%)

PRP:Yes

106 (42.74%)

Focal:Yes

98 (39.51%)

DR severity

 

Mild NPDR

53 (21.37%)

 

Moderate NPDR

74 (29.83%)

 

Severe NPDR

40 (16.12%)

 

PDR

81 (32.66%)

Drug received

 

Bevacizumab

138 (55.64%)

 

Aflibercept

31 (12.50%)

 

Ranibizumab

45 (18.14%)

 

Mixed

34 (13.70%)

  1. Abbreviations: BCVA = best corrected visual acuity; BMI = body mass index; CMT = central macular thickness; DM = diabetes mellitus; DR = diabetic retinopathy; ETDRS = early treatment diabetic retinopathy study; HTN = hypertension; NPDR = non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR = proliferative diabetic retinopathy; PRP = pan-retinal photocoagulation
  2. Data are presented as means (SD) for continuous variables and number (percentage) for categorical variables.