OCT-Based Biomarkers are Associated with Systemic Inflammation in Patients with Treatment-Naive Diabetic Macular Edema.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetic macular edema (DME) is one of the major sight-threatening complications of diabetic retinopathy, which is associated with retinal inflammation. However, it is still unknown whether DME is associated with systemic inflammation. The study aimed to investigate the association between systemic inflammatory and optical coherence tomography (OCT) biomarkers in patients with treatment-naïve center-involving diabetic macular edema (DME) and to further explore the role of systemic inflammation in DME.

Methods

Medical records including clinical characteristics and ophthalmic examinations were collected from patients with treatment-naïve center-involving DME. Systemic inflammation markers including systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII), neutrophil-lymphocyte ra

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature