Table 2 Comparison of in-hospital 24-h blood pressure and intraocular pressure between eyes with and without choroidal microvasculature dropout (CMvD) in eyes with normal-tension glaucoma.

From: Nocturnal blood pressure dip and parapapillary choroidal microvasculature dropout in normal-tension glaucoma

 

All subjects (n = 88)

MD- and age-matched subjects (n = 60)

Eyes with CMvD (n = 38)

Eyes without CMvD (n = 50)

P

Eyes with CMvD (n = 30)

Eyes without CMvD (n = 30)

P

Systolic blood pressure

Daytime mean

125.5 ± 12.6

124.0 ± 13.4

0.615

125.1 ± 11.9

122.7 ± 13.3

0.458

Daytime peak

145.6 ± 21.1

143.6 ± 20.9

0.664

142.6 ± 17.0

140.6 ± 20.3

0.681

Daytime trough

108.9 ± 12.4

106.3 ± 11.9

0.330

109.3 ± 11.3

106.1 ± 12.4

0.300

Daytime range

36.7 ± 15.2

37.2 ± 17.4

0.870

33.3 ± 13.0

34.5 ± 17.3

0.763

Daytime dip '%'

13.2 ± 4.9

14.1 ± 5.8

0.432

12.6 ± 4.7

13.5 ± 5.4

0.509

Daytime dip “time” (h)

2.7 ± 1.8

2.6 ± 1.5

0.737

2.5 ± 1.8

2.3 ± 1.3

0.670

Daytime dip “area” (mmHg h)

15.5 ± 15.1

22.8 ± 38.1

0.276

14.0 ± 15.6

16.0 ± 18.3

0.643

Nighttime mean

117.2 ± 12.9

118.2 ± 15.8

0.753

117.7 ± 13.6

118.0 ± 14.7

0.945

Nighttime peak

129.7 ± 15.2

128.2 ± 20.2

0.719

129.9 ± 14.8

126.3 ± 16.8

0.391

Nighttime trough

104.2 ± 13.6

107.6 ± 15.3

0.270

105.2 ± 14.8

109.3 ± 15.4

0.297

Nighttime range

25.5 ± 13.7

20.6 ± 15.4

0.126

24.7 ± 11.7

17.1 ± 10.7

0.011

Nighttime dip '%'

16.7 ± 9.7

13.1 ± 9.8

0.088

15.9 ± 9.1

10.9 ± 8.7

0.033

Nighttime dip “time” (h)

2.4 ± 1.5

2.1 ± 2.1

0.450

2.3 ± 1.5

1.9 ± 2.1

0.403

Nighttime dip “area” (mmHg h)

29.1 ± 29.6

22.7 ± 29.5

0.326

26.4 ± 27.4

16.8 ± 23.2

0.157

Diastolic blood pressure

Daytime mean

78.1 ± 7.2

76.9 ± 8.2

0.469

77.6 ± 7.3

75.8 ± 9.1

0.417

Daytime peak

94.2 ± 15.7

90.6 ± 13.4

0.256

92.3 ± 15.2

87.4 ± 10.4

0.157

Daytime trough

64.1 ± 13.8

64.2 ± 9.5

0.959

64.8 ± 14.4

64.3 ± 9.7

0.892

Daytime range

30.1 ± 18.8

26.4 ± 13.6

0.288

27.5 ± 19.1

23.1 ± 8.5

0.253

Daytime dip '%'

18.3 ± 15.5

16.7 ± 7.4

0.513

16.9 ± 16.1

15.4 ± 5.8

0.620

Daytime dip “time” (h)

1.4 ± 1.7

1.8 ± 1.9

0.310

1.3 ± 1.8

1.6 ± 1.6

0.516

Daytime dip “area” (mmHg h)

10.4 ± 18.9

11.6 ± 23.6

0.788

8.9 ± 19.3

5.3 ± 7.5

0.345

Nighttime mean

72.4 ± 8.2

74.8 ± 10.1

0.234

72.4 ± 8.7

75.6 ± 10.5

0.199

Nighttime peak

80.8 ± 8.8

82.6 ± 12.5

0.441

80.7 ± 8.7

82.1 ± 12.1

0.610

Nighttime trough

62.6 ± 10.2

66.9 ± 10.7

0.056

62.9 ± 10.7

69.2 ± 10.2

0.023

Nighttime range

18.2 ± 9.8

15.7 ± 11.9

0.286

17.8 ± 9.5

12.9 ± 8.0

0.034

Nighttime dip '%'

19.7 ± 12.2

12.8 ± 11.9

0.009

18.8 ± 12.4

8.6 ± 9.4

0.001

Nighttime dip “time” (h)

1.7 ± 1.3

1.1 ± 1.6

0.041

1.7 ± 1.4

0.5 ± 0.9

 < 0.001

Nighttime dip “area” (mmHg h)

16.1 ± 18.3

8.7 ± 14.2

0.037

15.3 ± 18.5

2.6 ± 5.8

0.001

Intraocular pressure

Daytime mean (sitting)

14.0 ± 1.8

13.3 ± 1.8

0.071

14.2 ± 1.8

13.4 ± 1.9

0.118

Daytime peak (sitting)

16.7 ± 2.4

15.7 ± 2.1

0.045

16.8 ± 2.3

15.7 ± 2.2

0.059

Daytime range (sitting)

5.1 ± 1.9

4.5 ± 1.1

0.078

5.1 ± 1.9

4.3 ± 1.0

0.048

Nighttime mean (supine)

14.4 ± 2.2

13.7 ± 2.3

0.195

14.3 ± 2.2

13.8 ± 2.1

0.362

Nighttime peak (supine)

16.5 ± 2.4

15.9 ± 2.4

0.267

16.5 ± 2.3

16.0 ± 2.2

0.461

Nighttime range (supine)

4.1 ± 1.7

4.3 ± 1.6

0.723

4.2 ± 1.8

4.3 ± 1.7

0.826

  1. Statistically significant differences are shown in bold.
  2. MD mean deviation.