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Table 3 Interocular differences of peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and choroidal thickness in emmetropia and ametropia eyes

From: Interocular symmetry of the peripapillary choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in healthy adults with isometropia

Parameters

Emmetropia (n = 55)

Ametropia (n = 31)

Mean ± SD

5th

95th

P-value

Mean ± SD

5th

95th

P-value

RNFL thickness

 ΔTS, μm

3.3 ± 12.5

−0.1

6.6

0.057

1.1 ± 19.2

−5.9

8.1

0.752

 ΔNS, μm

−14.6 ± 14.9

−18.7

−10.6

<0.001

−11.7 ± 17.1

−18.0

−5.5

0.001

 ΔN, μm

3.0 ± 9.6

0.4

5.6

0.023

0.9 ± 12.2

−3.6

5.4

0.683

 ΔNI, μm

1.5 ± 17.2

−3.1

6.2

0.507

−0.9 ± 19.4

−8.1

6.2

0.79

 ΔTI, μm

−1.7 ± 12.4

−5.0

1.7

0.328

−1.0 ± 12.2

−5.5

3.4

0.64

 ΔT, μm

2.4 ± 8.1

0.2

4.5

0.034

1.8 ± 9.8

−1.8

5.4

0.32

 ΔAverage, μm

−1.0 ± 4.9

−2.3

0.3

0.134

−1.7 ± 6.1

−3.9

0.6

0.142

Choroidal thickness

 ΔTS, μm

−3.6 ± 33.7

−12.7

5.5

0.427

−7.2 ± 31.6

−18.8

4.4

0.214

 ΔNS, μm

−0.3 ± 33.7

−9.4

8.8

0.955

−10.9 ± 32.6

−22.9

1.1

0.073

 ΔN, μm

−1.5 ± 27.7

−8.9

6

0.699

−7.5 ± 39.1

−21.8

6.9

0.295

 ΔNI, μm

−1.2 ± 29.5

−9.2

6.8

0.764

−0.3 ± 34.0

−12.8

12.1

0.958

 ΔTI, μm

0.9 ± 30.9

−7.4

9.3

0.825

1.0 ± 37.9

−12.9

14.9

0.884

 ΔT, μm

−0.6 ± 29.5

−8.6

7.3

0.877

0.2 ± 31.1

−11.3

11.6

0.977

 ΔAverage, μm

−1.0 ± 21.9

−7.0

4.9

0.727

−4.1 ± 28.0

−14.4

6.1

0.418

 ΔSFCT, μm

−7.1 ± 42.9

−19.0

4.9

0.241

−3.0 ± 50.9

−21.6

15.7

0.748

  1. Δ interocular difference (right eye minus left eye), SD standard deviation, RNFL retinal nerve fibre layer, TS temporal superior quadrant, NS nasal superior quadrant, N nasal quadrant, NI nasal inferior quadrant, TI temporal inferior quadrant, T temporal quadrant, SFCT subfovealchoroidal thickness
  2. P-value < 0.05 was considered significant