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Table 5 Association between the interocular difference in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and choroidal thickness with age, sex, and the interocular difference in spherical equivalent

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

Parameters

Age

Sex

ΔSE

β (95 % CI)

P-value*

β (95 % CI)

P-value*

β (95 % CI)

P-value*

RNFL thicknesss

 ΔTS, μm

−0.13 (−0.41 to 0.14)

0.339

8.26 (1.97 to 14.55)

0.011

−3.02 (−11.47 to 5.42)

0.479

 ΔNS, μm

−0.01 (−0.30 to 0.28)

0.942

0.70 (−6.08 to 7.48)

0.837

1.93 (−6.85 to 10.71)

0.663

 ΔN, μm

0.08 (−0.11 to 0.28)

0.393

0.06 (−4.52 to 4.64)

0.980

2.42 (−3.49 to 8.33)

0.418

 ΔNI, μm

0.09 (−0.25 to 0.42)

0.610

−0.87 (−8.60 to 6.86)

0.824

4.36 (−5.62 to 14.33)

0.388

 ΔTI, μm

−0.12 (−0.35 to 0.10)

0.288

4.28 (−0.94 to 9.49)

0.107

1.29 (−5.57 to 8.15)

0.709

 ΔT, μm

−0.02 (−0.18 to 0.14)

0.781

1.18 (−2.55 to 4.91)

0.531

−2.84 (−7.64 to 1.97)

0.244

 ΔAverage, μm

−0.02 (−0.12 to 0.08)

0.691

2.27 (0.01 to 4.53)

0.049

0.69 (−2.30 to 3.68)

0.648

Choroidal thickness

 ΔTS, μm

0.24 (−0.37 to 0.84)

0.433

−0.59 (−14.74 to 13.57)

0.935

8.32 (−9.93 to 26.57)

0.367

 ΔNS, μm

0.04 (−0.58 to 0.66)

0.891

−0.74 (−15.19 to 13.71)

0.919

9.61 (−9.00 to 28.22)

0.307

 ΔN, μm

−0.23 (−0.82 to 0.36)

0.445

5.19 (−8.66 to 19.05)

0.458

−5.62 (−23.58 to 12.35)

0.536

 ΔNI, μm

−0.60 (−1.15 to −0.04)

0.037

8.19 (−5.07 to 21.44)

0.223

−2.14 (−19.46 to 15.19)

0.807

 ΔTI, μm

−0.46 (−1.07 to 0.15)

0.141

5.49 (−8.85 to 19.83)

0.448

−2.38 (−21.02 to 16.26)

0.800

 ΔT, μm

−0.15 (−0.70 to 0.40)

0.588

−2.99 (−15.87 to 9.90)

0.646

8.82 (−7.79 to 25.42)

0.294

 ΔAverage, μm

−0.19 (−0.64 to 0.25)

0.394

2.45 (−7.96 to 12.86)

0.641

2.79 (−10.71 to 16.29)

0.682

 ΔSFCT, μm

0.33 (−0.51 to 1.18)

0.435

−8.55 (−28.60 to 11.50)

0.399

11.65 (−13.96 to 37.26)

0.368

  1. Δ, interocular difference (right eye minus left eye), SE spherical equivalent, 95%CI 95 % confidential interval, 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 subfoveal choroidal thickness
  2. *P value <0.007 was considered significant