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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of included and excluded participants

From: Clinically relevant factors associated with quantitative optical coherence tomography angiography metrics in deep capillary plexus in patients with diabetes

 IncludedExcludedP-value
 By eyes (n = 397)By eyes (n = 166) 
 Diabetic retinopathy severity (no/ mild/ moderate/ severe)170/ 101/ 90/ 36 (43%/ 25%/ 23%/ 9%)51/ 34/ 40/ 41 (31%/ 20%/24%/25%)0.053
 Presence of diabetic macular edema57 (14.4%)60 (36.1%)0.005
 LogMAR, per unit0.14 (0.15)0.26 (0.24)< 0.001
 Axial length (mm)23.88 (1.34)23.88 (1.33)0.993
 Central subfield thickness (μm)258.2 (47.4)267.0 (73.2)0.194
 Subfoveal choroidal thickness (μm)208.58 (78.13)188.82 (75.48)0.011
 Average GC-IPL thickness (μm)80.2 (10.9)77.2 (12.0)0.012
 Average peripapillary RNFL thickness (μm)97.97 (65.89)91.24 (14.48)0.060
 By subjects (n = 250)By subjects (n = 83) 
 Gender, Female115 (46%)37 (44.6%)0.317
 Age (years)60.7 (13.2)65.7 (11.1)0.002
 Duration of diabetes (year)12.9 (9.07)11.3 (8.76)0.182
 Body mass index (kg/m2)26.2 (4.19)25.2 (4.70)0.119
 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)137.8 (20.4)147.0 (20.9)0.001
 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)78.1 (10.5)77.3 (11.7)0.626
 Pulse Pressure (mmHg)60.7 (18.40)69.7 (17.6)< 0.001
 HbA1c (%)7.48 (1.33)7.50 (1.67)0.958
 Fasting glucose (mmol/L)7.87 (3.33)7.95 (2.38)0.860
 Total cholesterol (mmol/L)4.34 (0.95)3.99 (0.75)0.003
 LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)2.31 (0.77)2.14 (0.56)0.068
 HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)1.37 (0.50)1.30 (0.39)0.287
 Creatinine (μmol/L)91.8 (71.13)92.7 (61.9)0.918
 History of stroke10 (4%)3 (3.61%)0.998
 History of coronary artery disease35 (14%)16 (19.3%)0.140
  1. GC-IPL= ganglion cell inner plexiform layer; LogMAR= logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution; RNFL= retinal nerve fiber layer; HbA1c= hemoglobin A1c; LDL= low-density lipoprotein; HDL= high-density lipoproteins