Table 1

Variable	Mild NPDR n= 45	Moderate NPDR n=45	Severe NPDR n=35	p value
Age (year) (Mean, SD)	56.91 (5.34)	55.31 (5.11)	56.09 (5.27)	0.35^a
Gender (n, %) Male Female	24 (30.9) 21 (42.1)	24 (35.3) 21 (36.8)	19 (33.8) 16 (21.1)	0.23^a
Ethnic (n, %) Malay Chinese Indian	39 (33.9) 5 (62.5) 1 (50.0)	42 (36.5) 3 (37.5) 0	34 (29.6) 0 1 (50.0)	0.26^b
RNFL thickness (μm) (Mean/ SD)	700.27 (215.44)	738.24 (200.30)	762.60 (209.57)	0.40^a
HbA_1c (Mean/SD)	9.57 (2.17)	9.87 (2.16)	10.41 (2.78)	0.29^a
Oxidised LDL (Median/IQR)	297.40 (766.20)	259.74 (731.40)	90.18 (325.50)	0.03^c

^aOne –way Anova test, ^bFisher exact test, ^cKruskal-Wallis test, p value < 0.05 (significant)

Table 1: Distribution of age, gender, ethnic group, mean RNFL thickness, HbA1c and Oxidised LDL level in NPDR.