Table 2 Baseline features of OCT and OCTA.

From: The implications of subretinal fluid in pachychoroid neovasculopathy

Parameters

Total PNV (n = 81)

Exudative PNV (n = 26)

Non-exudative PNV (n = 55)

P value

Choroidal thickness, μm (Range)

347.0 ± 45.1 (235—476)

384.1 ± 38.3 (268—476)

329.5 ± 36.8 (235—412)

 < 0.001*

Diagnostic features

Pachychoroid only, n (%)

16 (22.2)

7 (26.9)

9 (16.4)

0.394‡

Pachyvessel only, n (%)

18 (19.8)

4 (15.4%)

14 (25.5)

 

Both pachychoroid and pachyvessel, n (%)

47 (58.0)

15 (57.7)

32 (58.2)

 

Central retinal thickness, μm

291.4 ± 73.6

332.4 ± 97.7

273.1 ± 48.8

0.004*

Extent of CNV district, mm2

0.78 ± 0.76

0.91 ± 0.73

0.75 ± 0.69

0.099*

Area of CNV, mm2

0.27 ± 0.19

0.25 ± 0.20

0.29 ± 0.19

0.199*

  1. OCT, optical coherence tomography; OCTA, optical coherence tomography angiography; PNV, pachychoroid neovasculopathy; CNV, choroidal neovascularization.
  2. Continuous variables are reported as mean value (± SD).
  3. *Mann whiney test; †Independent t-test; ‡chi-square test.
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