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Br J Ophthalmol 84:1392-1396 doi:10.1136/bjo.84.12.1392
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

Macular circulation in patients with diabetes mellitus with and without arterial hypertension

Table 2

Microcirculatory results of diabetic patients with untreated arterial hypertension (n=19; group A) and matched normotensive diabetic patients (n=19; group B)

Group A Group B Significance
AVP (s) 1.73 (0.57) 1.75 (0.62) NS
CBV (mm/s) 2.0 (0.41) 2.0 (0.37) NS
CV(CBV) (%) 15.9 (6.3) 15.6 (5.3) NS
FAZ (mm2) 0.302 (0.11) 0.267 (0.09) NS
PIA (μm2) 7015 (1726) 6522 (2596) NS
CV(PIA) (%) 66.8 (43.1) 64.3 (27.0) NS
  • AVP = arteriovenous passage time; CBV = capillary blood velocity; CV(CBV) = mean coefficient of variation of capillary blood velocity; PIA = perifoveal intercapillary area; CV(PIA) = mean coefficient of variation of perifoveal intercapillary area; FAZ = area of foveal avascular zone.

  • Unpaired Student's t test.

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