Characteristic Controls DM MDR
Number of Participants 41 29 29
Number of Eyes 74 38 43
Age (years, mean ± SD) 34 ± 12 35 ± 10 43 ± 17
Female, N (% total eyes) 52 (70%) 20 (53%) 21 (49%)
Race (% Caucasian) 100 100 91
Hemoglobin A1c level (%) - 7.20 ± 0.90 8.51 ± 1.76
DM duration (years, mean ± SD) - 13 ± 5 22 ± 10
IOP (mmHg, mean ± SD) 14. 5 ± 1.23 15.74 ± 1.77 15.09 ± 1.56
BCVA 1.0 ± 0.00 1.0 ± 0.00 0.97 ± 0.06
Total macular thickness (μm ± SD) 324.36 ± 10.27 316.72 ± 21.56 297.40 ± 21.79
SD: Standard Deviation; BCVA: Best Corrected Visual Acuity
Table 1: Descriptive statistics of the study participants.