Choroidal Structural Changes Assessed with Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography after Cataract Surgery in Eyes with Diabetic Retinopathy

Table 4

The choroid thickness of the patients with mild/moderate NPDR (DR) and nondiabetic patients (control) at four visits (mean ± SD).

		Baseline	Postop
			1 wk postop		1 mo postop		3 mo postop
		CT	CT	value	CT	value	CT	value
Control (μm)	Fovea	217.6 ± 105.2	223.3 ± 108.1	0.106	223.8 ± 109.2	0.269	224.7 ± 112	0.031
	Parafovea	213.8 ± 99.9	221.9 ± 104.4	0.025	224.2 ± 106.6	0.006	221.8 ± 105.7	0.006
	Perifovea	189.6 ± 82.9	193.6 ± 88.5	0.2	196.5 ± 88.2	0.044	197.4 ± 90	0.015
DR (μm)	Fovea	198.4 ± 61.2	212.4 ± 68.2	0.002	220.9 ± 66.4	<0.001	218.3 ± 64.3	<0.001
	Parafovea	184.9 ± 57.3	199.2 ± 63.7	0.001	206.1 ± 60.1	<0.001	204.1 ± 58.7	<0.001
	Perifovea	158.7 ± 50.1	170.1 ± 54.6	0.001	176.7 ± 50.1	<0.001	175.7 ± 51.6	<0.001

. SD: standard deviation.