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We evaluated 19 eyes of nondiabetic individuals and 68 eyes of type 2 diabetic patients. The eyes of diabetic patients were classified into two groups according to the presence or absence of long-term insulin therapy. We used a Doppler optical coherence tomography flowmeter to measure diameter, velocity, and blood flow in the major temporal retinal artery. The pulsatility ratio (PR) and resistance index (RI), indices of vascular rigidity, were calculated from the blood velocity profile. PR and RI were significantly elevated in type 2 diabetic patients compared with nondiabetic subjects (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05). In type 2 diabetes patients, PR and RI were significantly higher in patients receiving long-term insulin treatment than in those without (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01). There was a significant difference in velocity (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05), but not diameter and blood flow, between nondiabetic subjects and type 2 diabetes patients. 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