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Br J Ophthalmol 84:1282-1284 doi:10.1136/bjo.84.11.1282
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

Ocular pulse amplitude in diabetes mellitus

Table 1

Comparison of perfusion parameters (mean (SD)) of patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) with different stages of diabetic retinopathy, no (DR-0, n = 22) non-proliferative (DR-1, n = 24), and proliferative (DR-2, n = 18) diabetic retinopathy compared with matched subgroups (MCTL) from a pool of healthy controls (CTL, n = 72)

OPA (mm Hg) IOP (mm Hg) Blood pressure (systolic, mm Hg) Blood pressure (diastolic, mm Hg) Heart rate (beats/min)
Control (CTL) 2.2 (0.5) 15.1 (1.5) 125.1 (14.2) 78.2 (10.7) 77.0 (15.0)
DR-0 2.4 (0.7) 15.8 (4.3) 129.4 (17.6) 78.6 (10.9) 76.2 (20.5)
Matched CV 2.2 (0.7) 14.9 (2.4) 123.4 (24.9) 77.4 (8.8) 77.7 (16.8)
DR-1 2.2 (0.8) 16.4 (5.2) 125.0 (23.8) 80.1 (10.3) 79.9 (9.5)
Matched CTL 2.2 (0.8) 15.0 (2.6) 127.1 (20.4) 76.7 (10.2) 76.3 (12.3)
DR-2 2.1 (0.7) 16.2 (5.4) 119.7 (22.3) 75.7 (13.9) 77.1 (19.2)
Matched CTL 2.3 (0.5) 15.2 (2.4) 124.5 (24.2) 78.9 (17.9) 76.6 (15.1)
  • There were no significant changes in any of the parameters using Student's unpaired two tailed t test.

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