. 2019 Feb 7;9:1561. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-38248-1

Table 3.

Optical coherence tomography angiography parameters associated with post-treatment best-corrected visual acuity after intravitreal aflibercept.

Variable	Univariate linear regression
Variable	Regression coefficient	R²	P value
Age	−0.0014	0.006	0.732
Sex (male: 0, female: 1)	−0.179	0.138	0.081
NPDR or PDR (NPDR:0, PDR:1)	0.272	0.394	0.001
BCVA before treatment	0.625	0.452	<0.001
No. of injections	0.066	0.16	0.059
Retinal vascular area before treatment
SCP	−0.409	0.512	<0.001
DCP	−0.236	0.361	0.002
FAZ (mm²) before treatment
SCP	0.187	0.029	0.438
DCP	0.257	0.16	0.058
FAZ (mm²) after treatment
SCP	0.266	0.084	0.179
DCP	0.345	0.274	0.01
Retinal vascular area after treatment
SCP	−0.489	0.717	<0.001
DCP	−0.274	0.618	<0.001

BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; logMAR, logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; CRT, central retinal thickness; NPDR, nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR, proliferative diabetic retinopathy; SCP, superficial capillary plexus; DCP, deep capillary plexus; FAZ, foveal avascular zone; SD, standard deviation.