Journal of Diabetes Research / 2016 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Assessment of the Relationship between Diabetic Retinopathy and Nailfold Capillaries in Type 2 Diabetics with a Noninvasive Method: Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy Table 2 Correlation of capillaroscopic findings with severity of DR.
ā Proliferative DR ( ) Nonproliferative DR ( ) Patients without DR ( ) Tortuosity, 50 (80.6%) 25 (80.6%) 71 (57.7%) 0.002 Bushy capillary, 25 (40.3%) 6 (19.4%) 15 (12.2%) <0.001 Neoformation, 22 (35.5%) 7 (22.6%) 15 (12.2%) 0.001 Capillary ectasia, 10 (16.1%) 1 (3.2%) 7 (5.7%) 0.029 Bizarre capillary, 25 (40.3%) 11 (35.5%) 37 (30.1%) 0.372 Microhemorrhage, 9 (14.5%) 2 (6.5%) 5 (4.1%) NA Aneurysm, 9 (14.5%) 1 (3.2%) 7 (5.7%) NA Extravasation, 6 (9.7%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.8%) NA Megacapillary, 1 (1.6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) NA Meander capillary, 4 (6.5%) 0 (0%) 3 (2.4%) NA Avascular area, 3 (4.8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) NA Interstitial edema, 0 (0%) 1 (3.2%) 1 (0.8%) NA
NA: not applied; DR: diabetic retinopathy.