Table 4 Choriocapillaris (CC) vascular density in different study groups (ANOVA) normal participants and diabetic patients. Post Hoc analysis of subfields choroidal thickness of the studied participants (N = 188)
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Groups VD/ reference group |
NL (40 eyes) (M ± SD) (%) |
NDR (39eyes) (M ± SD) (%) |
NPDR (64eyes) (M ± SD) (%) |
PDR (33eyes) (M ± SD) (%) |
P-value ANOVA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Whole image Normal NDR NPDR | 69.82 ± 4.02 |
70.01 ± 2.90 0.949* |
67.06 ± 5.52 < 0.001* < 0.001* |
67.25 ± 4.66 < 0.001* 0.003* 0.950 | < 0.001 |
|
Fovea Normal NDR NPDR | 71.39 ± 3.97 |
71.50 ± 3.80 0.996 |
68.32 ± 5.16 < 0.001* 0.001* |
68.98 ± 5.29 0.001* 0.003* 1.000 | < 0.001 |
|
Para-fovea Normal NDR NPDR | 69.36 ± 4.54 |
69.52 ± 2.97 O.980* |
66.37 ± 5.89 < 0.001* < 0.001* |
67.05 ± 4.88 0.002* 0.008* 0.798* | < 0.001 |
|
Superior hemi Normal NDR NPDR | 69.92 ± 4.12 |
69.72 ± 2.94 0.914* |
66.74 ± 5.74 < 0.001* < 0.001* |
67.39 ± 4.25 0.011* 0.074* 0.437* | < 0.001 |
|
Inferior hemi Normal NDR NPDR | 69.70 ± 4.06 |
70.28 ± 3.12 0.993* |
67.16 ± 5.58 < 0.001* < 0.001* |
67.70 ± 5.18 0.004* 0.002* 0.991* | < 0.001 |
|
Temporal Normal NDR NPDR | 69.25 ± 5.79 |
69.66 ± 3.46 1.000* |
66.66 ± 6.23 0.002* 0.002* |
67.88 ± 6.13 0.020* 0.018* 0.964* | < 0.001 |
|
Superior Normal NDR NPDR | 69.19 ± 4.52 |
69.19 ± 3.15 0.984* |
66.66 ± 6.14 < 0.001* 0.001* |
66.92 ± 4.91 0.042* 0.107* 0.488* | < 0.001 |
|
Nasal Normal NDR NPDR | 69.34 ± 4.56 |
68.78 ± 3.63 0.785* |
65.84 ± 7.10 < 0.001* 0.001* |
66.92 ± 4.33 0.025* 0.236* 0.382* | < 0.001 |
|
Inferior Normal NDR NPDR | 69.54 ± 4.32 |
70.90 ± 3.01 0.933* |
66.78 ± 6.38 0.003* < 0.001* |
67.33 ± 5.34 0.010* 0.001* 0.999* | < 0.001 |
