Assessment of the Relationship between Diabetic Retinopathy and Nailfold Capillaries in Type 2 Diabetics with a Noninvasive Method: Nailfold Videocapillaroscopy

Table 3

Comparison of median diabetes years of patients with and without significant capillaroscopic findings and comparison of median diabetes years of significant capillaroscopic findings patients with DR and without DR.

			Median (min–max) diabetes years
			Patients with DR	Patients without DR
Tortuosity	+	10 (0–40)	14 (0–40)	5.5 (0–25)	<0.001	<0.001
	−	3 (0–23)
Bushy capillary	+	12.50 (0–40)	14 (0–40)	8 (0–25)	<0.001	0.169
	−	5 (0–40)
Aneurysm	+	14 (2–33)	18 (10–33)	9 (2–14)	0.001	0.003
	−	6 (0–40)
Neoformation	+	12 (0–40)	14 (0–40)	8 (0–25)	0.002	0.143
	−	5.50 (0–40)
Bizarre capillary	+	10 (0–40)	14.5 (0–40)	6.5 (0–25)	0.049	<0.001
	−	5.50 (0–33)
Microhemorrhage	+	12.50 (0–33)	16 (8–33)	5 (0–9)	0.050	0.003
	−	7 (0–40)
Capillary ectasia	+	10 (2–27)	10 (2–27)	8 (4–12)	0.203	0.273
	−	7 (0–40)

(+): capillaroscopic finding is present; (−): capillaroscopic finding is absent. DR: diabetic retinopathy;: comparison of median diabetes years of patients with versus without significant capillaroscopic finding; : comparison of median diabetes years of significant capillaroscopic findings patients with DR versus without DR.