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Table 5 The frequency of neovascularization in the nine fields in proliferative diabetic retinopathy (n = 208 eyes)

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

Field

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

P

Posterior pole

132 (63.5)

reference

 

Superior

144 (69.2)

1.36 (0.87–2.12)

0.175

Superior temporal

51 (24.5)

0.13 (0.08–0.21)

< 0.001

Temporal

49 (23.6)

0.12 (0.08–0.20)

< 0.001

Inferior temporal

48 (23.1)

0.12 (0.08–0.19)

< 0.001

Inferior

121 (58.2)

0.77 (0.50–1.18)

0.226

Inferior nasal

158 (76.0)

2.02 (1.28–3.21)

0.003

Nasal

145 (69.7)

1.40 (0.89–2.18)

0.141

Superior nasal

146 (70.2)

1.44 (0.92–2.25)

0.112

  1. OR odds ratios, CI confidence interval