Research Article
Analysis of Foveal Microvascular Abnormalities in Diabetic Retinopathy Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography with Projection Artifact Removal
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants.
| | Control | No DR | Mild DR | Severe DR | value |
| Patients, | 24 | 17 | 21 | 21 | | Eyes, | 31 | 31 | 34 | 28 | | Sex | | | | | 0.151 | Female, (%) | 19 (79.2) | 14 (82.4) | 12 (57.1) | 12 (57.1) | | Male, (%) | 5 (20.8) | 3 (17.6) | 9 (42.9) | 9 (42.9) | | Age, y, mean ± SD | 53.2 ± 8.53 | 56.3 ± 8.21 | 53.2 ± 9.94 | 50.4 ± 7.51 | 0.226 | Disease duration, y, mean ± SD | — | 6 (1–7) | 10 (7–20) | 10 (8.5–15) | 0.001 | BCVA, logMAR, mean ± SD | 0 (0–0.1) | 0 (0–0.1) | 0.1 (0.0–0.2) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | <0.001 | FRT, µm, mean ± SD | 248.0 ± 17.53 | 248.0 ± 14.54 | 246.3 ± 30.11 | 309.1 ± 120.44 | 0.001 | SQI, mean ± SD | 7.26 ± 0.68 | 7.00 ± 0.68 | 7.06 ± 0.69 | 6.82 ± 0.82 | 0.141 |
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