Table 1 Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics.

From: Comparison of retinal layer thickness and microvasculature changes in patients with diabetic retinopathy treated with intravitreous bevacizumab vs panretinal photocoagulation

 

Bevacizumab group (n = 37)

PRP group (n = 36)

P value

Age (mean ± SD, years)

51.8 ± 8.9

57.1 ± 11.3

0.029

Sex (male, %)

17 (45.9)

20 (55.6)

0.412

Laterality (right, %)

20 (54.1)

17 (47.2)

0.559

Lens status (phakic, %)

30 (81.1)

30 (83.3)

0.801

Baseline BCVA (mean ± SD, logMAR)

0.06 ± 0.09

0.09 ± 0.11

0.111

Spherical equivalent (mean ± SD, diopters)

 − 0.53 ± 1.35

 − 1.29 ± 1.94

0.057

Intraocular pressure (mean ± SD, mmHg)

14.1 ± 3.3

13.5 ± 3.5

0.696

Duration of T2DM (mean ± SD, years)

8.9 ± 6.1

11.2 ± 6.6

0.125

HbA1c level (mean ± SD, %)

8.9 ± 2.3

8.1 ± 1.9

0.098

  1. Values in boldface (P < 0.05) are statistically significant.
  2. BCVA best-corrected visual acuity, T2DM type 2 diabetes.