Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of the participants.

From: Signal Strength as an Important Factor in the Analysis of Peripapillary Microvascular Density Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography

 

SS 7 (n = 99)

SS 8 (n = 82)

SS 9 (n = 42)

SS 10 (n = 36)

p-value

Age (mean ± SD, years)

26.62 ± 8.55

26.80 ± 8.38

25.84 ± 6.71

27.56 ± 5.26

0.382*

Sex (male/female)

62/37

44/38

22/20

22/14

0.534

BCVA (mean ± SD, LogMAR)

0.02 ± 0.06

0.02 ± 0.06

0.01 ± 0.03

0.01 ± 0.08

0.203*

Spherical equivalent (mean ± SD, diopters)

−2.39 ± 2.53

−2.06 ± 2.56

−2.75 ± 3.22

−3.93 ± 3.20

0.092*

IOP (mean ± SD, mmHg)

16.06 ± 3.40

15.28 ± 3.63

15.93 ± 2.91

16.33 ± 3.36

0.130*

Central corneal thickness (mean ± SD, μm)

548.98 ± 43.94

538.76 ± 48.96

539.52 ± 40.76

544.68 ± 47.31

0.234*

Axial length (mean ± SD, mm)

25.01 ± 1.29

25.15 ± 1.27

25.10 ± 1.61

25.63 ± 1.68

0.095*

Central macular thickness (mean ± SD, μm)

252.41 ± 20.40

253.40 ± 20.62

251.24 ± 20.36

261.17 ± 15.66

0.099*

Rim area (mean ± SD, mm2)

1.27 ± 0.23

1.28 ± 0.23

1.33 ± 0.23

1.35 ± 0.31

0.145*

Cup/disc ratio (mean ± SD)

0.48 ± 0.15

0.49 ± 0.17

0.44 ± 0.19

0.46 ± 0.16

0.102*

Average RNFL thickness (mean ± SD, μm)

95.65 ± 8.75

96.01 ± 8.68

96.51 ± 8.80

98.63 ± 9.11

0.317*

Superior sector (mean ± SD, μm)

120.90 ± 15.88

118.68 ± 16.57

120.54 ± 16.81

122.94 ± 15.97

0.500*

Temporal sector (mean ± SD, μm)

76.93 ± 14.96

77.15 ± 13.68

77.92 ± 15.60

83.14 ± 17.10

0.139*

Inferior sector (mean ± SD, μm)

119.62 ± 18.55

120.48 ± 17.12

120.00 ± 22.18

121.69 ± 18.37

0.928*

Nasal sector (mean ± SD, μm)

66.40 ± 11.58

65.63 ± 9.61

67.41 ± 12.91

66.83 ± 8.57

0.771*

  1. SS = signal strength; SD = standard deviation; BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity; logMAR = logarithm of the minimum angle of resolutions; IOP = intraocular pressure; RNFL = retinal nerve fiber layer
  2. *The p-value was obtained from one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
  3. The p-value was obtained from the chi-square test.