Evaluation of systemic risk factors in different optical coherence tomographic patterns of diabetic macular edema
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Durgul Acan. Yatagan Public Hospital, Yeni Mah, 186. Sk. No.49, Yatagan, Mugla 48500, Turkey. durgul2029@hotmail.com

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    AIM: To elucidate the relationship between systemic risk factors and different patterns of diabetic macular edema (DME) determined with optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, DME was classified by OCT as diffuse retinal thickness (DRT), cystoid macular edema (CME) and serous retinal detachment (SRD) and the relationship between the systemic risk factors and DME patterns was evaluated. RESULTS: Of the 57 patients with DME, 21 (36.8%) had DRT, 24 (42.1%) had CME and 12 (21.0%) had SRD. Micro- or macro-albuminuria was significantly higher in the DRT pattern (61.9%) compared with the SRD (50.0%) and CME patterns (25.0%; P=0.040). Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level was significantly higher and patients were younger in the DRT pattern group (P=0.034, P=0.032). Best corrected visual acuity was the worst and central macular thickness was the thickest in the CME pattern group. CONCLUSION: Micro- or macro-albuminuria may be more frequent and HbA1c level may be higher in patients with DRT. These patients are also seen to be younger than patients with non-DRT.

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Durgul Acan, Eyyup Karahan, Nilufer Kocak, et al. Evaluation of systemic risk factors in different optical coherence tomographic patterns of diabetic macular edema. Int J Ophthalmol, 2018,11(7):1204-1209

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  • Received:May 01,2017
  • Revised:October 26,2017
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  • Online: July 10,2018
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