The effect of oral contraceptive pills on the macula, the retinal nerve fiber layer, the ganglion cell layer and the choroidal thickness

Table 2 Comparison of macular and choroidal thickness in women using oral contraceptive pills and the control group

Parameter (μm)	OCP group (n = 60)	Control group (n = 60)	t	p-value
Parameter (μm)	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	t	p-value
MACULA
Central subfield	242.75 ± 10.22	268.13 ± 11.86	12.556	< 0.001
Superior inner macula	293.88 ± 10.48	308.95 ± 10.94	7.704	< 0.001
Temporal inner macula	295.48 ± 7.58	307.85 ± 9.61	7.828	< 0.001
Inferior inner macula	295.63 ± 8.52	310.57 ± 11.06	8.288	< 0.001
Nasal inner macula	298.95 ± 10.31	314.57 ± 7.89	9.316	< 0.001
Average inner macula	296.0 ± 8.05	310.48 ± 7.94	9.922	< 0.001
Superior outer macula	269.13 ± 8.49	282.97 ± 11.31	7.577	< 0.001
Temporal outer macula	271.68 ± 15.43	284.45 ± 11.59	5.124	< 0.001
Inferior outer macula	268.05 ± 7.44	286.38 ± 10.40	11.108	< 0.001
Nasal outer macula	271.93 ± 9.15	301.22 ± 13.33	14.031	< 0.001
Average outer macula	270.2 ± 8.27	288.75 ± 8.71	11.962	< 0.001
Cube volume s (mm³)	8.71 ± 0.50	10.05 ± 0.38	16.539	< 0.001
Cube average thickness	273.52 ± 5.51	284.73 ± 6.18	10.496	< 0.001
CHOROID
Temporal choroid	219.87 ± 6.26	259.82 ± 14.50	19.595	< 0.001
sub foveal choroid	233.98 ± 9.34	272.38 ± 15.50	16.433	< 0.001
Nasal choroid	223.12 ± 7.12	260.23 ± 16.82	15.738	< 0.001
Average choroid	225.66 ± 7.12	264.14 ± 14.75	18.2	< 0.001

OCP Oral contraceptive pills. Values are expressed as mean ± SD. P values ≤0.05 were considered significant

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