Relationship between Size of the Foveal Avascular Zone and Carbohydrate Metabolic Disorders during Pregnancy

Figure 1

Correlation between the area of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) and gestational age of pregnant patients with carbohydrate metabolic disorders during pregnancy. Significant moderate correlations are present between the size of the FAZ of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and (a) the number of weeks of pregnancy in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (r = 0.37, , Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient) and (b) the number of weeks of pregnancy in patients with preexisting diabetes (r = 0.49, ). No significant correlation is present between the size of the FAZ of the deep capillary plexus and (c) patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (r = 0.01, ) and (d) patients with preexisting diabetes (r = 0.09, ).

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