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Table 4 Reported retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measurements by optical coherence tomography in normal children

From: Spectral domain optical coherence tomography in children: normative data and biometric correlations

 

Mean RNFL values, μm*

OCT

Source

n

Age, years*

Average

Superior

Nasal

Temporal

Inferior

TD-OCT

       

OCT 3

Ahn 2005

72

12.6 ± 2.1

OD106.8 ± 13.0    OS104.3 ± 7.7

OD 132.7 ± 23.9

OD 75.6 ± 13.6

OD 85 ± 14.9

OD 133.3 ± 25.3

OS 132.7 ± 16.4

OS 63.6 ± 14.1

OS 90.5 ± 20.4

OS 130.9 ± 15.0

Stratus

Salchow 2006

92

9.7 ± 2.7

107.0 ± 11.1

135.4 ± 19.3

83.0 ± 18.0

72.5 ± 13.4

136.9 ± 16.9

Stratus

Huynh 2006

1369

6.7 ± 0.4

103.7 ± 11.4

129.5 ± 20.6

81.7 ± 19.6

75.7 ± 14.7

127.8 ± 20.5

Stratus

El-Dairi 2009

286

8.6 ± 3.1

108.3 ± 9.9

142.9 ± 18.8

83.3 ± 19.2

77.5 ± 15.4

129.4 ± 18.3

Stratus

Leung 2010

97

9.7(6.1-17.6)

OD 113.5 ± 9.8    OS 113.1 ± 10.8

OD 146.3 ± 16.3   OS 148.6 ± 19.5

OD 78.3 ± 1 6.1 OS 74.2 ± 14.8

OD 87.3 ± 15.4  OS 86.6 ± 16.6

OD 142.4 ± 1 8.4   OS 143.2 ± 8.7

Stratus

Qian 2011

199

10.4 ± 2.7

112.3 ± 9.2

148.7 ± 17.1

74.8 ± 15.0

83.8 ± 13.5

142.1 ± 16.0

SD-OCT

        

Spectralis

Turk 2012

107

10.5 ± 2.9

106.4 ± 9.4

ST 139.0 ± 17.6   SN 102.9 ± 16.0

71.5 ± 10.0

74.3 ± 9.4

IT 144.6 ± 17.2   IN 106.4 ± 19.1

Spectralis

Yanni 2012

83

8.9 (5–15)

107.6 ± 1.2

ST 145.1 ± 2.2    SN 116.2 ± 2.8

84.5 ± 1.9

76.5 ± 1.9

IT 147.0 ± 2.1    IN 125.4 ± 3.0

RTVue-100

Tsai 2012

470

9.2 (6.5-12.5)

109.4 ± 10.0

133.9 ± 18.1

71.1 ± 11.3

90.4 ± 14.3

142.2 ± 19.5

Cirrus

Elia 2012

344

9.2 ± 1.7

98.5 ± 10.8

123.6 ± 19.5

71.3 ± 13.5

69.4 ± 11.3

130.2 ± 18.1

Cirrus

Barrio-Barrio 2013

283

9.6 ± 3.1

97.4 ± 9.0

124.7

69.7

67.4

128.0

Cirrus

Al-Haddad 2013 current study

108

10.7 ± 3.1

95.6 ± 8.7

120.6 ± 13.8

70.1 ± 13.0

66.4 ± 8.9

124.8 ± 18.1

  1. *mean ± standard deviation or mean (range).
  2. ST, supero-temporal; SN, supero-nasal; IT, infero-temporal; IN, infero-nasal.