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Table 1 Characteristics of normal and myopic eyes with each stage of glaucoma

From: Correlation between structure/function and optic disc microcirculation in myopic glaucoma, measured with laser speckle flowgraphy

Optic disc type

Normal

Myopic

Pvalue

Visual field severity

Normal

Mild

Moderate

Severe

All

Myopic

Number of eyes

21

28

39

18

23

-

-

Age (years)

57.7 ± 7.4

54.8 ± 6.2

54.5 ± 7.6

51.8 ± 9.1

55.3 ± 7.7

0.23a

0.48a

Sex (M:F)

12 : 9

17 : 11

22 : 17

13 : 5

13 : 10

0.82b

0.69b

SBP (mmHg)

123.911.8

128.0 ± 16.3

125.2 ± 14.5

126.7 ± 13.3

128.3 ± 19.6

0.84a

0.87a

DBP (mmHg)

74.0 ± 8.9

77.9 ± 12.4

75.9 ± 15.0

79.6 ± 15.1

81.2 ± 16.2

0.43a

0.56a

Hypertension medications (n, %)

-

2, 7.1

3, 7.7

0, 0

4, 17.3

-

0.10b

Glaucoma medications (n, %)

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.51b

 Prostaglandin analogues

-

-

27, 69.2

14, 77.8

21, 91.3

-

-

 Beta-anatagonists

-

-

10, 25.6

7, 38.9

13, 56.5

-

-

 Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

-

-

12, 30.8

5, 27.8

9, 39.1

-

-

 Alpha-1-anatagonists

-

-

4, 10.3

2, 11.1

10, 43.5

-

-

IOP (mmHg)

13.0 ± 2.8

14.7 ± 2.8

17.0 ± 4.5

17.9 ± 6.3

17.4 ± 3.8

<.001a

0.05a

Spherical equivalent (D)

-1.5 ± 2.5

-3.1 ± 2.3

-4.4 ± 3.0

-6.0 ± 2.4

-5.0 ± 2.4

0.003a

0.003a

MD (dB)

0.8 ± 0.9

0.05 ± 1.1

-3.2 ± 1.8

-8.6 ± 1.2

-20.1 ± 3.7

<.001a

<.001a

CpRNFLT (μm)

118.3 ± 9.6

99.7 ± 11.6

84.3 ± 16.5

75.3 ± 15.0

61.3 ± 10.0

<.001a

<.001a

MBR (AU)

31.1 ± 4.0

26.3 ± 5.1

21.9 ± 5.4

18.2 ± 4.0

16.8 ± 4.6

<.001a

<.001a

  1. AU = arbitrary units, cpRNFLT = circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness,
  2. D = diopter, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, IOP = intraocular pressure, MBR = mean blur rate,
  3. MD = mean deviation, SBP = systolic blood pressure.
  4. aOne-way analysis of variance.
  5. bChi-square test.