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Table 5 Diagnostic accuracy (AUROC) for OCT-A vessel density and RNFL thickness measurements in all the patients

From: Macular evaluation of the retinal and choroidal vasculature changes in anterior ischemic optic neuropathy-a case control study

Diagnostic parameters

Healthy eyes

Uninvolved eyes

NAION eyes

p Value

AUROC (SE) NAION vs. healthy Eyes

AUROC (SE) Uninvolved eyes vs. healthy Eyes

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Average RNFL, um

102.1 (99.6–105.1)

98.9 (96.0–103.1)

70.9 (67.7–74.1)

< 0.001*,†,‡

0.99 (0.01)

0.68 (0.07)

Parafovea SRT, um

111.9 (107.7–115.8)

111.5 (107.3–115.3)

96.4 (92.3–101.0)

< 0.001*,†,‡

0.81 (0.05)

0.50 (0.08)

Parafovea DRT, um

193.0 (189.5–197.3)

191.7 (187.6–196.1)

183.3 (179.7–187.3)

0.001*,†,‡

0.73 (0.06)

0.51 (0.08)

OCT-A whole SVD,%

54.5 (54.0–55.0)

50.5 (49.5–51.8)

44.3 (42.5–46.0)

< 0.001*,†,,‡§

0.96 (0.03)

0.89 (0.05)

OCT-A whole DVD,%

60.3 (59.9–60.8)

60.1 (59.6–60.6)

57.1 (56.1–57.8)

< 0.001*,†,‡,§

0.89 (0.04)

0.53 (0.08)

OCT-A whole CVD,%

64.1 (63.8–64.5)

63.9 (63.4–64.5)

63.3 (62.9–63.7)

0.079

0.68 (0.07)

0.53 (0.08)

  1. AUROC Area under the receiver operating characteristic, CI confidence interval, CVD choroid vessel density, DRT deep retinal thickness, DVD deep vessel density, NAION Nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, OCT-A optical coherence tomography angiography, SE standard error, SRT superficial retinal thickness, SVD superficial vessel density, RNFL retinal nerve fiber layer
  2. *Statistical significance tested by ANOVA; corrected with the post hoc test
  3. Significant difference between mean values of healthy eyes and uninvolved eyes
  4. Significant difference between mean values of uninvolved and NAION eyes
  5. §Significant difference between mean values of healthy and uninvolved eyes