Table 2 Factors associated with the diagnosis of NAION versus NTG.

From: Clinical characteristics of choroidal microvasculature dropout in normal-tension glaucoma versus nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: an optical coherence tomography angiography study

 

Univariable

Multivariable

Variables

OR

95% CI

p value

OR

95% CI

p value

Age (per 1 yr older)

1.096

1.008–1.192

0.032

1.057

0.906–1.234

0.479

Refractive error (per 1 D higher)

1.360

0.915–2.021

0.129

   

Hypertension, presence

1.818

0.388–8.514

0.448

   

Diabetes, presence

1.562

0.240–10.187

0.641

   

Hyperlipidemia, presence

0.460

0.077–2.753

0.395

   

Intraocular pressure (per 1 mmHg higher)

1.099

0.914–1.321

0.315

   

Peripapillary RNFL thickness (per 1 μm thicker)

1.005

0.942–1.072

0.888

   

Peripapillary vessel density (per 1% higher)

0.890

0.802–0.989

0.030

0.940

0.772–1.144

0.534

Choroidal vessel density of β-PPA (per 1% higher)

1.019

0.888–1.170

0.787

   

β-PPA area (per 0.01 mm2 larger)

0.998

0.987–1.009

0.729

   

CMvD area (per 0.01 mm2 larger)

1.123

1.023–1.232

0.014

1.181

1.021–1.366

0.025

CMvD angular width (per 1° wider)

1.059

1.020–1.100

0.003

1.013

0.958–1.070

0.660

CMvD angular location (per 1° away from temporal area)

0.938

0.901–0.976

0.002

0.904

0.838–0.975

0.009

  1. β-PPA β-zone peripapillary atrophy, CI Confidence interval, MvD Choroidal microvasculature dropout, NAION Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, NTG Normal-tension glaucoma, OR Odds ratio, RNFL Retinal nerve fiber layer.
  2. Boldface p values indicate statistical significance.
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