Table 5 Comparison of retinal thickness changes between different refractive errors (grouped by baseline examination).

From: Assessment of macular choroidal and retinal thickness: a cohort study in Tibetan healthy children

Macular layers

Myopia (n = 32)

Emmetropia (n = 805)

Hyperopia (n = 61)

F value

P value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Full retina (μm)

Center

31.73

22.41

32.41

31.65

34.78

27.91

0.18

0.84

Inner_T

 − 7.39

8.65

 − 4.05

22.79

0.45

13.64

1.62

0.20

Inner_S

 − 6.16

9.02

 − 5.25

25.35

1.06

11.39

1.97

0.14

Inner_N

2.40

14.44

4.53

25.90

11.36

16.10

2.28

0.10

Inner_I

 − 14.66

18.43

 − 15.93

29.88

 − 12.31

18.29

0.46

0.63

Outer_T

 − 10.08

10.67

 − 9.83

23.31

 − 7.11

10.83

0.42

0.65

Outer_S

 − 10.62

15.57

 − 10.81

21.05

 − 6.25

7.72

1.44

0.24

Outer_N

 − 14.55

9.13

 − 12.15

23.13

 − 6.77

12.24

1.90

0.15

Outer_I

0.49

9.23

1.62

27.37

3.99

15.07

0.27

0.77

Average

 − 5.84

5.22

 − 6.07

19.54

 − 2.78

7.17

0.89

0.41

GCIPL (μm)

Average

 − 4.60

3.15

 − 5.29

5.48

 − 4.64

3.32

0.64

0.53

GCC (μm)

Average

0.27

3.78

0.08

9.08

0.74

5.25

0.16

0.85