Table 1

Baseline characteristics according to activity of proliferative diabetic retinopathy 6 months after panretinal laser photocoagulation

Inactive PDRActive PDRP values
Median±IQRMedian±IQR
n2310
Sex, % male78.350.00.10
Active smoking, %26.010.00.29
Age, years50.9±23.457.1±29.50.50
Duration of diabetes, years18.0±17.024.0±10.00.23
HbA1c, mmol/mol63.0±15.074.5±22.00.17
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg154±39149±460.23
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg82±2584±130.96
Laser power, J6.70±2.545.47±1.700.34
Oximetry image quality, 0–108.1±1.08.0±1.00.82
  • Continuous data are presented as median with IQR. Differences between groups were compared with the Mann-Whitney U test for continuous data and χ2 test for categorical. Oximetry image quality ranged from 0=poor to 10=excellent.

  • PDR, proliferative diabetic retinopathy.