Table 1.
Demographics of all patients included in the study with type of diabetes treatment and percentage of accompanying systemic diseases.
| Number of eyes | Age (years) | Duration of diabetes (years) | Therapy for diabetes (% of patients) | Systemic diseases (% of patients) | |
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| Diabetics without DR | 18 | 57–83 mean 73.5 SD 7.01 |
1–30 mean 11.8 SD 8.6 |
Insulin (17%) Per os (75%) Diet (8%) |
Arterial hypertension (83%) Hyperlipidemia (8%) |
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| No diabetes | 10 | 60–73 mean 68.8 SD 4.70 |
NA | NA | Arterial hypertension (40%) Hyperlipidemia (20%) |
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| p = 0.167∗ | |||||
NA: not applicable.
∗Significance level p < 0.05.