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Table 2 summarizes the central macular thickness and the ethnicity

From: Normative values of the retinal macular thickness in a middle eastern population

Population

The central foveal Thickness

Caucasians population using spectral domain OCT

278.2 +/− 12 um (P = .038)

Iranian Population

255.4 um (P=,0.001)

African American

181.1+/_ 3.7 um (P = 0.001)

Japanese

209.5+/− 26.7um (P = 0.001)

USA

mean fovea 212+/− 20 um (p = 0.01)

Indians

149.19 + \- 21.15um (p = 0.01)

Blacks

160+/− 26 um (P < 0.001)