Table 1 Descriptive statistics of study population.

From: Papillomacular bundle defect (PMBD) in glaucoma patients with high myopia: frequency and risk factors

 

Group with PMBD (N = 55)

Group without PMBD (N = 37)

p-value

Age (years)

51.5 ± 9.7

53.1 ± 11.9

0.456

Sex (female, %)

24 (43.6%)

15 (40.5%)

0.936

Hypertension (n, %)

5 (9.1%)

6 (16.2%)

0.480

Diabetes mellitus (n, %)

2 (3.6%)

4 (10.8%)

0.349

Spherical equivalent (D)

 − 8.2 ± 1.7

 − 8.1 ± 1.8

0.797

Axial length (mm)

26.5 ± 1.0

26.6 ± 1.0

0.794

OCT parameter

 Average GCIPL thickness (µm)

60.4 ± 8.4

64.3 ± 7.5

0.025

 Average RNFL thickness (µm)

64.3 ± 9.9

67.7 ± 9.6

0.101

  Superior (µm)

77.0 ± 17.0

78.5 ± 15.4

0.654

  Inferior (µm)

66.6 ± 14.5

68.1 ± 16.2

0.663

  Nasal (µm)

58.9 ± 8.8

60.8 ± 9.3

0.316

  Temporal (µm)

54.0 ± 15.1

63.7 ± 14.7

0.002

Visual field parameter

 Mean deviation (dB)

− 9.0 ± 6.4

− 7.9 ± 5.4

0.394

 Pattern standard deviation (dB)

8.9 ± 4.2

8.6 ± 4.2

0.710

 Visual field index (%)

76.1 ± 18.7

80.6 ± 15.6

0.222

Lamina cribrosa defect (n, %)

27 (49.1%)

10 (27.0%)

0.057

Disc tilt direction

− 8.8 ± 16.8

− 7.0 ± 12.4

0.553

PPA-to-disc-area ratio

0.90 ± 0.65

0.55 ± 0.37

0.004

Disc hemorrhage (n, %)

8 (14.5%)

3 (8.1%)

0.544

Central visual field defect (n, %)

40 (72.7%)

16 (43.2%)

0.017

  1. Data are recorded as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. PMBD papillomacular bundle defect, OCT optical coherence tomography, GCIPL ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer, RNFL retinal nerve fiber layer, PPA parapapillary atrophy.
  3. The P values in the table refers to the comparison between group with PMBD and without PMBD.