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An Analysis of the Areas Occupied by Vessels in the Ocular Surface of Diabetic Patients: An Application of a Nonparametric Tilted Additive Model

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  • Farzaneh Boroumand

    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia
    Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9137673119, Iran)

  • Mohammad Taghi Shakeri

    (Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 9137673119, Iran)

  • Touka Banaee

    (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA)

  • Hamidreza Pourreza

    (Department Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948974, Iran)

  • Hassan Doosti

    (Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia)

Abstract

(1) Background: As diabetes melllitus (DM) can affect the microvasculature, this study evaluates different clinical parameters and the vascular density of ocular surface microvasculature in diabetic patients. (2) Methods: In this cross-sectional study, red-free conjunctival photographs of diabetic individuals aged 30–60 were taken under defined conditions and analyzed using a Radon transform-based algorithm for vascular segmentation. The Areas Occupied by Vessels (AOV) images of different diameters were calculated. To establish the sum of AOV of different sized vessels. We adopt a novel approach to investigate the association between clinical characteristics as the predictors and AOV as the outcome, that is Tilted Additive Model (TAM). We use a tilted nonparametric regression estimator to estimate the nonlinear effect of predictors on the outcome in the additive setting for the first time. (3) Results: The results show Age ( p -value = 0.019) and Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) have a significant linear effect on AOV ( p -value = 0.034). We also find a nonlinear association between Body Mass Index (BMI), daily Urinary Protein Excretion (UPE), Hemoglobin A1C, and Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) with AOV. (4) Conclusions: As many predictors do not have a linear relationship with the outcome, we conclude that the TAM will help better elucidate the effect of the different predictors. The highest level of AOV can be seen at Hemoglobin A1C of 9% and AOV increases when the daily UPE exceeds 600 mg. These effects need to be considered in future studies of ocular surface vessels of diabetic patients.

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  • Farzaneh Boroumand & Mohammad Taghi Shakeri & Touka Banaee & Hamidreza Pourreza & Hassan Doosti, 2021. "An Analysis of the Areas Occupied by Vessels in the Ocular Surface of Diabetic Patients: An Application of a Nonparametric Tilted Additive Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-14, April.
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