Research Article

Invisible Color Variations of Facial Erythema: A Novel Early Marker for Diabetic Complications?

Table 1

Comparison of average invisible facial redness () in diabetic patients and nondiabetic controls, where is the IFR at the least reddish check of each subject and is the IFR at the most reddish check of each subject. Rep = repetition; Seg = segment of the video.

RepSegAveragesComparisons
Control subjects (C)Diabetic patients (DM) vs. vs. vs. vs.
value value value value

R1A7.725.313.232.50.3470.1460.029<0.001
B7.024.011.131.80.5200.1380.036<0.001
C4.923.58.529.20.5710.2760.0120.001

R2A5.624.79.829.20.4720.3920.016<0.001
B5.323.56.729.20.8060.2860.006<0.001
C4.723.35.730.10.8760.2370.008<0.001