Assessment of the effect of age on macular layer thickness in a healthy Chinese cohort using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Table 6 Mean Thickness of Retina and eight individual retinal layers in nine Macular Sectors

Retinal Layer	fovea	Pericentral Superior	Pericentral Nasal	Pericentral Inferior	Pericentral Temporal	Peripheral Superior	Peripheral Nasal	Peripheral Inferior	Peripheral Temporal
RT	257.04±18.85	339.37±17.56	339.58±17.22	335.10±16.97	324.92±15.82	300.39±15.80	317.43±21.96	287.16±15.33	283.77±15.41
RNFL	10.78±2.24	23.44±3.68	20.11±2.32	24.50±3.10	16.82±1.33	37.52±5.14	46.12±6.85	38.93±5.70	19.21±8.37
GCL	12.31±3.20	52.03±5.76	50.12 ±6.04	51.33±5.33	46.66±5.51	36.58±3.88	40.48±4.26	34.03±3.69	36.92±4.74
IPL	18.28±2.85	41.18±3.82	42.34±3.84	40.90±3.67	41.01±3.64	29.67±2.96	31.20±3.19	27.81±3.06	32.61±3.00
INL	15.27±4.63	39.75±4.47	38.48±4.09	40.46±4.23	36.48±3.84	32.33±3.19	35.07±3.03	32.09±3.34	33.90±2.63
OPL	23.48±6.08	32.86±8.44	31.87±8.27	36.17±9.90	31.14±6.02	26.15±2.91	28.20±3.47	27.02±3.12	26.37±2.58
ONL	88.44±11.40	67.48±12.72	72.52±11.54	60.45±12.68	70.02±9.31	58.15±7.73	55.87±7.57	49.58±7.16	55.80±6.33
PRL+RPE	90.19±4.40	82.74±3.15	83.94±3.27	81.32±3.26	82.60±3.12	79.80±3.22	79.84±2.69	77.81±2.84	79.84±2.69
RPE	17.5±2.20	16.16±1.89	16.30±1.99	15.36±1.76	15.10±1.60	14.29±1.37	14.18±1.47	13.70±1.76	13.50±1.38

Values are mean ± SD (μm). RT, retinal thickness; RNFL, retinal nerve fiber layer; GCL, ganglion cell layer; IPL, inner plexiform layer; INL, inner nuclear layer; OPL, outer plexiform layer; ONL, outer nuclear layer; PRL, photoreceptor layer; RPE, retinal pigment epithelium.

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