Research Article

Determining Risk Factors That Affect Progression in Patients with Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Table 4

Summary statistics for variables collected during the follow-up period by year.

VisitDR progressed n (%)HbA1c mean (±SD)SBP mean (±SD)DBP mean (±SD)DME n (%)Anti-VEGF treatment for DME n (% DME eyes)Number of anti-VEGF treatments for DME eyes mean (±SD)

Baseline (N = 230)9.71 (±2.35)135.6 (±18.2)76.3 (±11.5)39 (17%)3 (8%)
Year 1 (N = 157)23 (15%)9.17 (±1.90)135.4 (±13.6)75.2 (±8.2)49 (31%)26 (53%)2.9 (±1.5)
Year 2 (N = 183)46 (25%)8.88 (±1.98)136.6 (±13.1)74.6 (±9.2)72 (39%)34 (47%)3.5 (±1.8)
Year 3 (N = 175)43 (25%)8.82 (±1.86)138.6 (±13.0)73.9 (±9.7)82 (47%)39 (48%)2.6 (±1.7)
Year 4 (N = 168)27 (16%)8.89 (±1.96)138.0 (±13.0)73.1 (±9.0)75 (45%)30 (40%)3.2 (±2.0)
Year 5 (N = 147)32 (22%)8.97 (±2.08)137.2 (±12.2)72.9 (±10.5)66 (45%)22 (33%)3.0 (±2.3)
Year 6 (N = 123)19 (15%)8.76 (±1.79)137.6 (±12.6)72.1 (±11.1)53 (43%)18 (34%)3.4 (±2.3)
Year 7 (N = 91)14 (15%)8.71 (±1.82)137.9 (±12.7)72.8 (±11.2)51 (56%)12 (24%)3.4 (±1.9)
Year 8 (N = 78)7 (9%)8.71 (±1.91)138.4 (±11.2)72.1 (±11.9)41 (53%)10 (24%)2.5 (±1.4)
Year 9 (N = 38)4 (11%)8.59 (±1.59)134.9 (±12.0)70.6 (±17.3)22 (58%)7 (32%)2.1 (±1.2)
Year 10 (N = 10)0 (0%)8.16 (±0.93)135.7 (±5.1)73.4 (±7.1)7 (70%)3 (43%)2.0 (±1.0)

DR = diabetic retinopathy; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; DME = diabetic macular edema; anti-VEGF = antivascular endothelial growth factor; SD = standard deviation.