Purpose: The present study aims to determine the macular and choroidal optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) biomarkers in the assessment and monitoring of diabetic macular edema (DME) and diabetic macular ischemia (DMI) in patients with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR).

Methods: In this cohort study, a total of 176 eyes of 110 patients with NPDR were investigated at our institute over a period of 10 months. Eyes were divided into four groups based on the severity of NPDR. Each eye was subjected to OCTA (Topcon 3D OCT-1 Maestro2) macula 6 × 6 mm en face. It features IMAGEnet 6 software for dynamic viewing of OCTA and imaging data. Four OCTA biomarkers for the macula were identified: foveal avascular zone area (FAZ area), foveal avascular zone contour irregularity (FAZ-CI), capillary dropout areas (CDA), and perifoveal intercapillary areas (PICA). The choroidal OCTA biomarker was the number of choroidal circulation flow voids (CCFV). For all analyses, P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: Increase in FAZ area and number of CDA were statistically significant (p < 0.0001) with an increase in central foveal thickness, suggesting a correlation of ischemic changes with an increase in DME. FAZ-CI, enlarged PICA, and CCFV were significantly associated with more severe NPDR patients.

Conclusion: A correlation between DME and DMI in a patient of NPDR and its progression can be evaluated in a single visit. A unique feature of our study is it revealed novel diagnostic biomarkers of OCTA for DMI and DME.

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