A 52-year-old man with type 2 diabetes for 8 years presents with blurred vision. Fundoscopy reveals microaneurysms, dot-blot hemorrhages, and hard exudates in the macula. Which single feature best distinguishes nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) from proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR)?

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