Patient data at baseline
| *A history of any of the following conditions: intermittent claudication, amputation of one or more digits, peripheral bypass surgery, cerebral stroke, carotid endarterectomy, carotid bypass surgery, myocardial infarction, or artery bypass surgery. | |
| Total no of patients | 16 |
| No of eyes | 23 |
| Males | 14 |
| Females | 2 |
| Type 1 diabetes mellitus | 3 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 13 |
| Age in years; mean (SD) (range) | 61 (13) (39–89) |
| Duration of diabetes in years; mean (SD) (range) | 13.6 (9.1) (2–37) |
| Systolic blood pressure; mean (SD) (range) | 146 (15) (103–160) |
| Diastolic blood pressure; mean (SD) (range) | 81 (9) (65–97) |
| Number in antihypertensive treatment (%) | 10 (62.5) |
| HbA1c; mean (SD) (range) | 7.5 (1.0) (5.9–9.4) |
| History of systemic vascular disease* (%) | 6 (37.5) |