Research Article
Effect of Hemodialysis on Retinal Thickness in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy, with and without Macular Edema, Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Table 3
Clinical and laboratory data for diabetic retinopathy patients with (Group A) and without (Group B) macular edema undergoing hemodialysis.
| Parameter | Group A ( = 19 eyes) | Group B ( = 21 eyes) | value |
| Age (years) | 73.36 ± 9.10 | 69.86 ± 11.49 | 0.380 | Years of diabetic disease | 12.50 ± 6.32 | 12.27 ± 6.47 | 0.930 | Years of hemodialysis treatment | 3.07 ± 1.94 | 3.38 ± 2.50 | 0.718 | HbA1C (%) | 6.17 ± 1.12 | 6.81 ± 1.45 | 0.212 | Albumin (gram) | 38.79 ± 3.33 | 37.71 ± 3.24 | 0.397 | —kinetic measure | 1.45 | 1.38 | 0.399 | Mean blood pressure difference (mm/Hg)—before and after hemodialysis | −4.92 ± 10.29 | +5.25 ± 8.79 | 0.016 | Weight difference (kg)—before and after hemodialysis | −1.92 ± 0.76 | −1.73 ± 0.81 | 0.534 |
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—kinetic measure as indicator of hemodialysis efficacy.
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