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Table 3 The frequencies of microaneurysms and intraretinal hemorrhages/exudation in the nine fields in moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (n = 99 eyes)

From: Differential distribution of manifest lesions in diabetic retinopathy by fundus fluorescein angiography and fundus photography

Field

MA

He/Ex

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P

Posterior pole

97 (98.0)

reference

 

69 (69.7)

reference

 

Superior

95 (96.0)

0.42 (0.06–2.78)

0.367

23 (23.2)

0.10 (0.05–0.20)

< 0.001

Superior temporal

67 (67.7)

0.01 (0.003–0.07)

< 0.001

4 (4.0)

0.01 (0.004–0.04)

< 0.001

Temporal

61 (61.6)

0.01 (0.002–0.05)

< 0.001

5 (5.1)

0.02 (0.01–0.04)

< 0.001

Inferior temporal

64 (64.6)

0.01 (0.002–0.06)

< 0.001

4 (4.0)

0.01 (0.004–0.04)

< 0.001

Inferior

92 (92.9)

0.19 (0.03–1.13)

0.067

13 (13.1)

0.05 (0.02–0.10)

< 0.001

Inferior nasal

94 (94.9)

0.31 (0.05–1.95)

0.210

13 (13.1)

0.05 (0.02–0.10)

< 0.001

Nasal

96 (97.0)

0.61 (0.08–4.41)

0.622

16 (16.2)

0.06 (0.03–0.13)

< 0.001

Superior nasal

89 (89.9)

0.11 (0.02–0.62)

0.013

16 (16.2)

0.06 (0.03–0.13)

< 0.001

  1. MA microaneurysms, He/Ex intraretinal hemorrhages/exudation, OR odds ratios, CI confidence interval