Table 3 Comparison between eyes with or without lamina cribrosa defect.

From: Bruch’s membrane opening enlargement and its implication on the myopic optic nerve head

Variables

Eyes with LC defect

(n = 20)

Eyes without LC defect

(n = 33)

P-value

Age (years)

26.23 ± 1.24

27.00 ± 2.86

0.272

Male, n (%)

14 (70.00)

21 (63.64)

0.768

SE refractive error (D)

−5.96 ± 1.51

−5.41 ± 1.85

0.271

Axial length (mm)

26.44 ± 0.25

26.42 ± 0.28

0.812

Central corneal thickness (μm)

548.75 ± 28.93

555.39 ± 26.97

0.402

Corneal curvature (D)

42.59 ± 1.13

42.56 ± 1.03

0.928

IOP (mmHg)

15.50 ± 2.45

13.39 ± 2.50

0.006

BMO area (mm2)

3.04 ± 0.86

2.31 ± 0.62

0.003

PPA+BM width (μm)

213.00 ± 182.56

155.64 ± 177.12

0.264

PPA−BM (γ zone PPA) width (μm)

507.95 ± 286.20

285.48 ± 190.80

0.004

LC thickness (μm)

216.95 ± 48.06

216.55 ± 32.74

0.971

Anterior laminar depth (μm)

380.70 ± 131.23

300.48 ± 80.57

0.020

FoBMO angle (°)

−5.14 ± 3.23

−5.65 ± 3.50

0.598

BMO-MRW (μm)

    Global

316.65 ± 34.15

350.27 ± 46.22

0.003

    Temporal-superior

324.05 ± 37.50

347.85 ± 56.91

0.103

    Temporal

235.05 ± 28.21

246.24 ± 36.48

0.246

    Temporal-inferior

327.80 ± 56.08

372.64 ± 48.61

0.003

    Nasal-inferior

364.00 ± 49.90

405.21 ± 49.62

0.005

    Nasal

340.30 ± 54.11

390.42 ± 59.64

0.003

    Nasal-superior

368.30 ± 66.52

399.27 ± 85.94

0.174

Peripapillary choroidal thickness (μm)

    Global

137.79 ± 41.02

152.12 ± 48.98

0.287

    Temporal-superior

146.74 ± 51.91

163.03 ± 59.35

0.324

    Temporal

123.47 ± 37.08

143.09 ± 59.30

0.149

    Temporal-inferior

112.32 ± 32.50

125.45 ± 47.47

0.290

    Nasal-inferior

118.95 ± 40.81

129.58 ± 45.20

0.402

    Nasal

155.00 ± 51.84

165.09 ± 49.31

0.489

    Nasal-superior

157.95 ± 56.48

175.33 ± 55.81

0.287

Subfoveal choroidal thickness (μm)

233.85 ± 65.31

260.52 ± 91.60

0.223

  1. D = diopter; IOP = intraocular pressure; BMO = Bruch’s membrane opening; PPA+BM = β-parapapillary atrophy with Bruch’s membrane; PPA−BM = β-parapapillary atrophy without Bruch’s membrane; LC = lamina cribrosa; FoBMO angle = angle of fovea-to-BMO-center axis relative to the horizontal axis of the image frame; MRW = minimum rim width.
  2. Data are mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.
  3. Factors with statistical significance are shown in boldface.