Table 2 Comparisons of choroidal vasculature across nine regions among CSC, PNV, and UCP eyes.

From: Quantitative analysis of choroidal vascular structures and anatomical changes in pachychoroid spectrum diseases using ultra-widefield SS-OCTA

 

CSC eyes

PNV eyes

UCP eyes

P-value1

P-value2

P-value3

mCVV/a, μm, mean ± SD

 Superotemporal

129.75 ± 39.20

110.82 ± 32.69

98.28 ± 20.10

0.057

 < 0.001

0.125

 Upper

136.02 ± 42.23

114.47 ± 30.66

105.48 ± 22.68

0.028

 < 0.001

0.360

 Superonasal

118.95 ± 43.36

98.63 ± 29.12

96.43 ± 26.37

0.041

0.012

0.978

 Temporal

107.39 ± 35.11

89.18 ± 22.71

82.93 ± 19.30

0.018

 < 0.001

0.456

 Central

142.61 ± 35.66

123.21 ± 27.67

126.41 ± 19.50

0.021

0.029

0.909

 Nasal

104.80 ± 36.30

86.89 ± 31.69

89.59 ± 22.10

0.057

0.058

0.961

 Inferotemporal

105.34 ± 47.04

77.24 ± 26.55

83.87 ± 27.35

0.003

0.031

0.602

 Lower

106.52 ± 35.32

85.68 ± 29.85

88.07 ± 22.30

0.015

0.013

0.969

 Inferonasal

66.39 ± 25.84

53.95 ± 20.96

55.39 ± 17.49

0.054

0.062

0.982

 Average

113.09 ± 32.52

93.37 ± 21.17

91.74 ± 16.69

0.005

 < 0.001

0.973

Choriocapillaris density, %, mean ± SD

 Superotemporal

47.68 ± 5.59

48.03 ± 4.42

48.04 ± 6.14

0.777

0.755

0.989

 Upper

48.07 ± 1.89

47.84 ± 2.34

48.48 ± 1.79

0.610

0.332

0.149

 Superonasal

47.43 ± 4.76

47.24 ± 5.54

48.13 ± 6.30

0.875

0.554

0.467

 Temporal

45.89 ± 3.98

46.03 ± 3.64

45.87 ± 3.02

0.859

0.982

0.841

 Central

46.43 ± 2.17

44.79 ± 2.68

46.72 ± 2.12

0.002

0.560

 < 0.001

 Nasal

44.57 ± 4.54

43.74 ± 5.40

46.89 ± 4.51

0.435

0.023

0.003

 Inferotemporal

46.91 ± 5.09

47.11 ± 5.51

45.96 ± 4.90

0.864

0.382

0.311

 Lower

49.20 ± 2.19

49.26 ± 1.75

48.78 ± 2.48

0.904

0.362

0.318

 Inferonasal

48.55 ± 3.14

47.37 ± 3.32

48.43 ± 5.35

0.199

0.899

0.240

 Average

47.20 ± 1.50

47.00 ± 1.41

47.41 ± 1.54

0.537

0.509

0.209

CVI, %, mean ± SD

 Superotemporal

36.43 ± 4.32

35.76 ± 4.36

34.52 ± 3.51

0.458

0.027

0.165

 Upper

37.68 ± 3.61

36.89 ± 3.45

35.04 ± 3.51

0.316

 < 0.001

0.018

 Superonasal

37.48 ± 3.95

35.79 ± 3.35

34.20 ± 5.01

0.073

 < 0.001

0.087

 Temporal

33.73 ± 3.85

32.32 ± 2.77

31.41 ± 2.92

0.051

 < 0.001

0.205

 Central

35.66 ± 4.63

36.32 ± 2.53

36.15 ± 2.79

0.395

0.502

0.830

 Nasal

34.41 ± 4.11

32.05 ± 5.26

32.85 ± 3.80

0.016

0.093

0.409

 Inferotemporal

33.89 ± 5.20

31.16 ± 4.73

32.26 ± 4.09

0.010

0.102

0.285

 Lower

35.93 ± 3.75

33.63 ± 5.33

33.83 ± 3.82

0.017

0.022

0.837

 Inferonasal

30.07 ± 5.39

26.97 ± 6.28

27.76 ± 4.73

0.012

0.047

0.511

 Average

35.02 ± 3.20

33.37 ± 2.86

33.09 ± 2.94

0.014

0.003

0.671

Choroidal thickness, μm, mean ± SD

 Superotemporal

314.55 ± 78.84

264.53 ± 63.11

244.76 ± 38.88

0.006

 < 0.001

0.265

 Upper

324.09 ± 85.16

270.63 ± 62.91

263.67 ± 43.17

0.005

 < 0.001

0.918

 Superonasal

278.07 ± 83.77

239.37 ± 63.88

243.83 ± 43.16

0.060

0.054

0.977

 Temporal

278.8 ± 76.86

235.26 ± 53.48

227.26 ± 45.54

0.011

 < 0.001

0.849

 Central

369.82 ± 83.11

301.79 ± 62.13

316.83 ± 36.33

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.474

 Nasal

262.23 ± 79.00

224.08 ± 67.35

234.96 ± 46.21

0.061

0.145

0.786

 Inferotemporal

261.55 ± 95.40

204.08 ± 54.87

219.33 ± 59.28

0.030

0.043

0.535

 Lower

249.98 ± 73.92

206.05 ± 57.66

218.22 ± 47.70

0.010

0.054

0.660

 Inferonasal

174.59 ± 48.54

150.58 ± 38.29

159.52 ± 45.56

0.017

0.112

0.362

  1. 1CSC VS PNV.
  2. 2CSC VS UCP.
  3. 3PNV VS UCP. Analyses were performed using one-way ANOVA for normally distributed parameters and the Kruskal–Wallis test for non-normally distributed parameters.
  4. Significant values are in bold.