Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 33 patients participating in the study.
| Characteristic | Number of injections | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, N = 33 | 1, N = 6 | 2, N = 8 | 3, N = 13 | 4–5, N = 6 | p | ||||||
| Gender | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Male | 18 | 54.5 | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 50.0 | 8 | 61.5 | 4 | 66.7 | 0.62 |
| Female | 15 | 45.5 | 4 | 66.7 | 4 | 50.0 | 5 | 38.5 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age, years | 63.3 | 10.1 | 59.2 | 6.4 | 63.3 | 11.0 | 62.2 | 8.4 | 69.6 | 14.2 | 0.34 |
| VA baseline | 60.4 | 12.0 | 68.8 | 6.4 | 61.6 | 14.8 | 55.7 | 12.8 | 60.3 | 6.8 | 0.17 |
| MT baseline | 441 | 122 | 405 | 99 | 407 | 74 | 503 | 125 | 381 | 161 | 0.27 |
| IOP baseline | 16.6 | 2.6 | 17.3 | 1.4 | 17.3 | 3.2 | 16.7 | 2.3 | 14.5 | 2.7 | 0.17 |
| HbA1C | 8.0 | 1.36 | 6.9 | 0.83 | 7.6 | 1.09 | 8.3 | 1.37 | 9.0 | 1.61 | 0.06 |
| Duration of diabetes | 15.4 | 8.8 | 12.4 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 3.9 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 24.8 | 12.6 | 0.02 |
IOP, intraocular pressure; MT, macular thickness; N, number at risk; n, number with categorical endpoint; VA, visual acuity. Data are proportions or means with standard deviation (SD).