Table 1 Showing comparison of best fit spherical radius of curvature at choroid inner boundary (CIB, mm) and best fit spherical radius of curvature at choroid outer boundary (COB, mm) across different age groups.

From: Three-dimensional choroidal contour mapping in healthy population

Descriptive

Mean ± SD (95% CI)

P value

Age

 < 30

30–44

45–59

 ≥ 60

Total

CIB (nasal)

32.3 ± 8.5 (28.8–35.8)

27.1 ± 10.2 (23.4–30.8)

28.0 ± 14.1 (22.0–34.1)

24.9 ± 9.9 (21.0–28.8)

28.0 ± 10.9 (25.9–30.1)

0.096

CIB (inferior)

40.8 ± 18.8 (33.0–48.5)

37.5 ± 13.0 (32.8–42.2)

39.1 ± 13.0 (33.5–44.7)

31.5 ± 10.0 (27.5–35.4)

37.1 ± 14.2 (34.4–39.8)

0.092

CIB (temporal)

35.3 ± 16.4 (28.6–42.1)

34.1 ± 12.4 (29.7–38.6)

29.8 ± 11.1 (25.0–34.5)

26.9 ± 12.1 (22.1–31.7)

31.6 ± 13.3 (29.1–34.2)

0.074

CIB (superior)

35.5 ± 20.3 (27.1–43.9)

34.7 ± 16.5 (28.7–40.6)

34.8 ± 12.1 (29.5–40.0)

26.2 ± 9.1 (22.6–29.8)

32.7 ± 15.5 (29.8–35.7)

0.086

CIB (central)

29.1 ± 14.9 (22.9–35.2)

28.6 ± 15.1 (23.1–34.0)

24.6 ± 14.5 (18.3–30.9)

17.6 ± 9.2 (13.9–21.2)

25.1 ± 14.3 (22.3–27.8)

0.008

CIB (overall)

35.4 ± 9.5 (31.5–39.3)

33.6 ± 10.7 (29.7–37.4)

32.2 ± 7.1 (29.1–35.2)

28.3 ± 8.5 (24.9–31.6)

32.4 ± 9.4 (30.6–34.2)

0.04

COB (nasal)

26.2 ± 11.8 (21.3–31.1)

23.3 ± 8.7 (20.2–26.5)

22.6 ± 10.7 (18.0–27.2)

21.6 ± 10.2 (17.6–25.7)

23.4 ± 10.3 (21.4–25.4)

0.424

COB (inferior)

19.5 ± 5.5 (17.2–21.8)

18.5 ± 4.7 (16.8–20.1)

23.3 ± 7.6 (20.0–26.6)

22.3 ± 7.3 (19.4–25.2)

20.7 ± 6.5 (19.5–22.0)

0.017

COB (temporal)

20.3 ± 8.7 (16.7–23.9)

17.3 ± 7.8 (14.5–20.1)

22.2 ± 6.1 (19.6–24.8)

23.4 ± 11.2 (19.0–27.9)

20.6 ± 8.9 (18.9–22.3)

0.044

COB (superior)

19.4 ± 10.7 (15.0–23.8)

18.2 ± 4.3 (16.7–19.7)

19.7 ± 7.1 (16.6–22.8)

20.2 ± 6.7 (17.5–22.8)

19.3 ± 7.3 (17.9–20.7)

0.759

COB (central)

7.2 ± 5.4 (5.0–9.4)

4.8 ± 3.8 (3.5–6.2)

9.0 ± 8.3 (5.4–12.6)

8.3 ± 5.3 (6.2–10.4)

7.2 ± 5.9 (6.0–8.3)

0.037

COB (overall)

21.5 ± 3.4 (20.1–22.9)

21.3 ± 4.2 (19.8–22.9)

23.7 ± 4.7 (21.7–25.8)

23.8 ± 6.2 (21.3–26.3)

22.5 ± 4.8 (21.6–23.4)

0.09

  1. These values are mean radius of curvature in mm ± standard deviation (SD), (95% confidence interval (CI) is mentioned in the brackets; significant p values are highlighted in bold.