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Table 4 Variation with age of the mean choroidal thickness

From: Macular choroidal thickness in normal Egyptians measured by swept source optical coherence tomography

Area

Choroidal thickness (μm)

<40 years Mean ± SD

≥40 years Mean ± SD

P

Central ring

320.32 ± 73.93

276.30 ± 62.48

<0.0001

Inferior inner region

319.53 ± 77.31

270.05 ± 67.92

<0.0001

Superior inner region

327.24 ± 78.16

280.91 ± 62.54

<0.0001

Nasal inner region

296.44 ± 72.74

265.44 ± 66.15

0.01

Temporal inner region

329.15 ± 76.69

272.65 ± 60.04

<0.0001

Inferior outer region

303.81 ± 77.02

248.09 ± 66.94

<0.0001

Superior outer region

320.85 ± 77.72

269.44 ± 57.63

<0.0001

Nasal outer region

250.51 ± 71.98

225.33 ± 74.36

0.05

Temporal outer region

313.68 ± 75.09

256.56 ± 56.59

<0.0001

  1. SD standard deviation
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BMC Ophthalmology

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