Table 1.

Demographic data of included patients in both scanning protocols.

	6 × 6 mm protocol		3 × 3 mm protocol
Number of patients	26		6
Males	12	46.2%	1	16.7%
Females	14	53.8%	5	83.3%
Number of eyes	40		9
Males	19	47.5%	1	11.1%
Females	21	52.5%	8	88.9%
Age (mean ± SD), yrs	54.8 ± 6.52		51.56 ± 6.54
DM type (patients)
Type 1	3	11.5%	1	16.7%
Type 2	23	88.5%	5	83.3%
DM duration (mean ± SD), yrs	16.53 ± 6		12 ± 6.87
HbA1C (mean ± SD), %	8.07 ± 1.77		8.8 ± 1.48
DM treatment (patients)
Oral drugs	7	26.9%	3	50%
Insulin	19	73.1%	3	50%
Hypertension (patients)	14	53.8%	2	33.3%
Retinopathy grade (eyes)
Mild NPDR	8	20%	3	33.3%
Moderate NPDR	14	35%	3	33.3%
Severe NPDR	9	22.5%	3	33.3%
PDR	9	22.5	0	0%
Lens status (eyes)
Nuclear sclerosis	24	60%	5	55.6%
Nuclear cataract +1	6	15%	1	11.1%
Nuclear cataract +2	1	2.5%	0	0%
Posterior subcapsular	7	17.5%	3	33.3%
Pseudophakic	2	5%	0	0%