Aqueous Level of ANGPTL4 Correlates with the OCTA Metrics of Diabetic Macular Edema in NPDR

Table 4

Correlation between cytokine levels in aqueous humor and OCTA metrics in NPDR eyes ().

	Foveal RT		Parafoveal RT		Foveal RV		Parafoveal RV		Whole DVD		Parafoveal DVD
		value		value		value		value		value		value
HGF	0.250	0.130	0.211	0.203	0.249	0.132	0.127	0.447	-0.087	0.605	-0.144	0.389
FGF19	0.315	0.054	0.332	0.042	0.314	0.055	0.297	0.070	-0.256	0.121	-0.293	0.074
IL-8	0.175	0.293	0.158	0.345	0.172	0.302	0.041	0.807	-0.171	0.304	-0.184	0.268
ANGPTL4	0.569	<0.001	0.555	<0.001	0.566	<0.001	0.519	0.001	-0.352	0.030	-0.421	0.008
PLGF	0.363	0.025	0.352	0.030	0.365	0.024	0.326	0.046	-0.240	0.147	-0.288	0.080
VEGF-A	0.528	0.001	0.437	0.006	0.530	0.001	0.389	0.016	-0.373	0.021	-0.422	0.008

RT: retinal thickness; RV: retinal volume; DVD: deep vessel density. Spearman test, was deemed to be statistically significant.