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The area of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ), retinal and choroidal vascular perfusion, and the deep vascular complexes, including the intermediate capillary plexus (ICP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP) within the radius of 3, 6, 9, and 12 mm around the fovea were measured by SS-OCTA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared with the healthy control group, DR patients presented significantly increased fovea avascular area, while vessel density (VD) in the ICP and DCP, vascular perfusion rate, and the retinal thickness were considerably decreased. There were significant differences in the retinal thickness, ICP, and DCP vessel densities between the control and NPDR groups, or control and PDR groups, or PDR and NPDR groups. The deep vascular perfusion rate also significantly differed between the control and PDR groups, but there was no significant difference between the PDR and NPDR groups. The choroidal perfusion exhibited significant differences across different areas and amongst the three groups. Furthermore, the choroidal thickness showed a significant difference between the PDR and NPDR groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our results showed significant differences in the area of the avascular fovea and the VD of deep vascular complexes between DR patients and healthy control subjects. Moreover, there were significant differences in retinal VD, especially in the deep-retinalregions, choroidal perfusion, and the volume of large vessel choroid in DR patients with different degrees of disease severity. 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