Table 1.

Demographic and Ocular Characteristics

Characteristic	Data
No. of eyes/patients	285/193
Age (yrs), mean±SD	51.46±13.77
Duration of DM (yrs), mean±SD	21.90±11.36
Hemoglobin A1c (%), mean±SD	8.37±1.58
Female gender, no. (%)	97 (50.3)
Type 1 DM, no. (%)	80 (41.4)
Hypertension, no. (%)	142 (49.8)
Spherical equivalent, mean±SD (diopters)	−1.04±1.92
Diabetic retinopathy severity (n = 285 eyes), no. (%)
Mild NPDR	71 (24.9)
Moderate NPDR	65 (22.8)
Severe NPDR	107 (37.5)
PDR	42 (14.7)

DM = diabetes mellitus; NPDR = nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR = proliferative diabetic retinopathy; SD = standard deviation.