Reproducibility of Vitreous Fluorophotometry in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
作者:
J. Jager,
A. Tromp,
J.M.M. Hooymans,
W.D. Reitsma,
A.J. Smit,
期刊:
Ophthalmologica
(Karger Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 211,
issue 4
页码: 209-213
ISSN:0030-3755
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1159/000310791
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Vitreous fluorophotometry;Sodium fluorescein;Type 1 diabetes
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
We assessed the day-to-day reproducible of vitreous fluorophotometry in 7 type 1 diabetic patients and in 1 healthy control subject. The coefficient of variation for duplicate measurements was 33.7,40.3 and 23.6%, for the right eyes, the left eyes and mean values of both eyes, respectively. Assessment of reproducibility in 1 healthy subject, measured 4 times, resulted in coefficients of variation of about 60%. These values are somewhat worse than those obtained by others in healthy subjects. Since technical problems do not seem to play a significant role in this regard, our reproducibility results reflect the true biological variability of the permeability of the blood-retina barrier assessed by vitreous fluorophotometry in diabetic patients. This variability is substantial. Therefore, we conclude that this method is not precise enough to be used in intervention studies with a limited number of subjects.
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