Table 1.

Study Population characteristics (DME group; n = 20).

Parameter
Gender, n (%)
Male	11 (55.0)
Female	9 (45.0)
Age (yr), mean ± SD	63.4 ± 7.3
Duration of DM (yr), mean ± SD	12.8 ± 7.1
Glycosylated haemoglobin (mmol/mol), mean ± SD	7.6 ± 3.6
Visual acuity (logMAR), mean ± SD	0.5 ± 0.1
Lens status, n (%)
Phakia	6 (30.0)
Pseudophakia	14 (70.0)

Abbreviations: DM = diabetes mellitus; SD = standard deviation.