Table 3.
MA formation rate and MA turnover, at months 6 and 12, correlated with changes in ETDRS level
| ETDRS level | MA formation rate | MA turnover | ||||||
| Month 6 | Month 12 | Month 6 | Month 12 | |||||
| <2 | ≥2 | <2 | ≥2 | <6 | ≥6 | <6 | ≥6 | |
| Remain or decrease, n (%) | 94 (87.9) | 28 (66.7) | 87 (87.9) | 35 (70.0) | 112 (86.2) | 10 (52.6) | 104 (87.4) | 18 (60.0) |
| Increase, n (%) | 13 (12.1) | 14 (33.3) | 12 (12.1) | 15 (30.0) | 18 (13.8) | 9 (47.4) | 15 (12.6) | 12 (40.0) |
| P values* | 0.003 | 0.007 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
*χ2 test.
ETDRS, Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study; MA, microaneurysm.