Pilot Study on Visual Function and Fundus Autofluorescence Assessment in Diabetic Patients

Table 1

Descriptive statistics and scoring Visual-Functioning Questionnaire-25 (VFQ-25) of the diabetic patients and control subjects.

	Diabetic patients ()		Control subjects ()		value^§
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
Sex	4 M, 3 F	—	9 M, 4 F	—
Age (yr)	54.857 ± 10.254	45–71	40.769 ± 11.763	25–68	0.014
LogMAR AV	0.045 ± 0.086	0–0.222	0.007 ± 0.027	0–0.097	0.438
Fasting glucose levels (mg/dL)	147 ± 16.653	130–181	95.461 ± 8.402	84–112	<0.001
HbA1c levels (%)	7.214 ± 1.120	6.0–9.60	—	—
Diabetes duration (months)	182.143 ± 140.741	3–360	—	—
General Health	64.286 ± 19.670	50–100	69.231 ± 18.125	25–100	0.438
General Vision	74.286 ± 9.759	60–80	70.770 ± 15.525	40–80	0.817
Ocular pain	94.643 ± 9.835	66.67–100	81.731 ± 16.626	50–100	0.097
Distance vision activities	92.829 ± 8.908	75–100	89.098 ± 14.184	50–100	0.588
Near vision activities	83.096 ± 11.644	66.67–100	91.665 ± 16.316	41.67–100	0.311
Visual-Specific Social Functioning	98.214 ± 4.724	87.50–100	95.192 ± 9.599	75–100	0.699
Visual-Specific Mental Health	83.929 ± 9.449	68.75–93.75	81.731 ± 24.535	6.25–100	0.536
Visual-Specific Role Difficulties	92.857 ± 12.199	75–100	86.538 ± 20.704	37.50–100	0.588
Visual-Specific Dependency	100	—	92.948 ± 19.199	33.33–100	0.588
Driving	79.763 ± 36.279	0–100	73.071 ± 35.381	0–100	0.536
Colour vision	100	—	98.077 ± 6.934	75–100	0.817
Peripheral vision	96.429 ± 9.450	75–100	88.461 ± 19.406	50–100	0.536
Sum Scale	92.26 ± 4.139	86.44–96.54	87.618 ± 13.352	51.55–97.61	0.817

Mann-Whitney test.
LogMAR AV: Visual Acuity Logarithm of the Minimum of Angle Resolution; HbA1c: Glycated haemoglobin.