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Public Health"],"abstract":"<jats:sec><jats:title>Background<\/jats:title><jats:p>To explore the central and peripheral retinal and choroidal changes in diabetic patients without clinical diabetic retinopathy (DM-NoDR) using ultra-wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (UWF-SS-OCTA).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>67 DM-NoDR eyes and 32 age-matched healthy eyes were recruited. Retinal and choroidal parameters, including qualitative retinal microangiopathy, vessel flow (VFD) and linear density (VLD), thickness, and volume, were measured in the central and peripheral areas of the 24\u2009\u00d7\u200920\u2009mm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> UWF-SS-OCTA images.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>DM-NoDR eyes had significantly more nonperfusion area and capillary tortuosity than controls in the central and peripheral areas (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). The presence of central capillary tortuosity was associated with higher levels of serum creatinine (OR 1.049, 95%CI 1.001\u20131.098; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.044) and blood urea nitrogen (OR 1.775, 95%CI 1.051\u20132.998; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.032) in DM-NoDR eyes. For DM-NoDR eyes versus controls, VFD in the 300-\u03bcm annulus around the foveal avascular zone, superficial capillary plexus (SCP), and full retina, and SCP-VLD significantly decreased, while VFD in the deep capillary plexus (DCP), retinal thickness, and retinal volume increased (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). Analysis in the central and peripheral areas recapitulated all these findings, except for decreased peripheral thickness and volume and no difference in peripheral DCP-VFD. In DM-NoDR eyes, choriocapillaris-VFD, choroidal thickness, and choroidal volume increased in the central area, while VFD in the large and medium choroidal vessel layer decreased in the whole image (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Retinal and choroidal changes already existed in the central and\/or peripheral areas of DM-NoDR eyes. 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