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Forty-nine healthy eyes, 80 diabetic retinopathy (DR) eyes (59 non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) eyes and 21 proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) eyes) were examined with OCT to obtain nine horizontal lines (far superotemporal, near superotemporal, central, near inferotemporal, far inferotemporal, far superonasal, near superonasal, near inferonasal, far inferonasal) inside and outside of the vascular arcade. Nine points were chosen in 0.5-mm intervals to calculate CT, which was measured at 81 points in each patient. In the DR group, CT decreased significantly, compared with the control group, in all nine horizontal lines except central and near inferotemporal (\u221229.74 to \u221236.97 \u03bcm, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05 for all). In the PDR group, CT decreased compared with the NPDR group, in all nine horizontal lines (\u22126.18 \u03bcm to \u221234.58 \u03bcm), but this difference was not significant. 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