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. 2023 Jan 10;261(6):1701–1712. doi: 10.1007/s00417-022-05962-6

Table 3.

Macular GCC layer sector thickness according to Garway-Heath-based grid

Parameters CG
(N=25)
GON
(N=25)
CON
(N=25)
CG x GON
Adj. p-value
CG x CON
Adj. p-value
GON x CON
Adj. p-value
CON x GON
AUC 95% CI Adj. p-value
mRNFL
 G 23.82 (3.02) 20.24 (1.94) 18.64 (1.78) <0.001 <0.001 0.046 0.734 0.596–0.873 0.004
 S* 26.00 (3.00) 21.00 (5.00) 19.00 (4.00) <0.001 <0.001 0.404 0.640 0.484–0.796 0.090
 I* 28.00 (4.00) 22.00 (8.00) 20.00 (4.00) <0.001 <0.001 1.000 0.568 0.401–0.735 0.410
 NS 26.59 (3.92) 21.60 (3.15) 19.12 (2.74) <0.001 <0.001 0.028 0.710 0.567–0.853 0.011
 NI* 25.00 (4.00) 21.00 (5.00) 18.00 (2.00) 0.002 <0.001 0.112 0.698 0.548–0.848 0.017
 TS* 18.00 (1.00) 18.00 (3.00) 18.00 (3.00) 0.670 1.000 0.560 0.608 0.451–0.765 0.190
 TI* 21.00 (4.00) 19.00 (2.00) 18.00 (2.00) 0.003 <0.001 1.000 0.586 0.428–0.745 0.295
 NS/TI 1.26 (0.13) 1.18 (0.24) 1.08 (0.16) 0.468 0.003 0.127 0.632 0.476–0.788 0.109
 NI/TI 1.16 (0.09) 1.12 (0.18) 1.04 (0.13) 0.768 0.008 0.131 0.683 0.532–0.834 0.026
mGCL
 G 50.27 (4.85) 36.12 (8.44) 31.08 (7.99) <0.001 <0.001 0.054 0.685 0.535–0.834 0.025
 S 51.14 (5.21) 37.64 (11.16) 33.04 (8.27) <0.001 <0.001 0.196 0.622 0.462–0.783 0.138
 I 51.05 (5.26) 36.04 (9.50) 31.92 (8.64) <0.001 <0.001 0.231 0.636 0.479–0.793 0.099
 NS 50.91 (5.30) 40.08 (10.76) 29.56 (8.58) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.772 0.640–0.904 0.001
 NI 51.18 (5.11) 38.72 (9.25) 28.00 (8.97) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.793 0.668–0.917 <0.001
 TS 47.68 (5.08) 32.08 (10.42) 29.84 (8.30) <0.001 <0.001 1.000 0.554 0.390–0.717 0.516
 TI 50.23 (5.15) 32.56 (11.35) 34.08 (10.36) <0.001 <0.001 1.000 0.466 0.303–0.628 0.677
 NS/TI* 1.02 (0.06) 1.13 (0.65) 0.88 (0.35) 0.685 0.103 0.002 0.759 0.627–0.891 0.002
 NI/TI* 1.02 (0.06) 1.13 (0.54) 0.86 (0.36) 0.563 0.011 <0.001 0.823 0.709–0.937 <0.001
 NI + NI/TI 0.860 0.759–0.961 <0.001
IPL
 G 41.14 (3.17) 33.48 (5.03) 29.04 (4.76) <0.001 <0.001 0.002 0.736 0.596–0.876 0.004
 S 40.68 (3.76) 33.64 (6.36) 29.28 (4.11) <0.001 <0.001 0.008 0.711 0.563–0.860 0.010
 I* 39.00 (5.00) 34.00 (10.00) 28.00 (7.00) <0.001 <0.001 0.191 0.685 0.530–0.839 0.025
 NS* 41.50 (7.00) 37.00 (12.00) 27.00 (7.00) 0.018 <0.001 0.002 0.802 0.680–0.923 <0.001
 NI* 42.00 (6.00) 36.00 (10.00) 25.00 (8.00) 0.003 <0.001 0.002 0.843 0.733–0.954 <0.001
 TS 41.32 (3.12) 32.64 (6.75) 30.52 (5.90) <0.001 <0.001 0.547 0.595 0.435–0.755 0.248
 TI 40.86 (2.42) 32.00 (6.90) 31.56 (6.14) <0.001 <0.001 1.000 0.526 0.364–0.689 0.749
 NS/TI* 1.00 (0.08) 0.98 (0.34) 0.95 (0.33) 1.000 0.162 0.087 0.675 0.525–0.825 0.034
 NI/TI* 1.02 (0.06) 1.06 (0.22) 0.92 (0.32) 1.000 0.004 <0.001 0.819 0.705–0.933 <0.001
 NI + NI/TI 0.874 0.777–0.972 <0.001
IPL + GCL
 NI + NI/TI 0.909 0.830–0.988 <0.001

Measurements are presented in μm and are described as mean ± standard deviation or median and interquartile range. Adj, adjusted; AUC, area under the curve; CON, compressive optic neuropathy; CI, confidence interval; CG, healthy control group; GCC, ganglion cell complex; G, global; I, inferior; IPL, inner plexiform layer; mGCL, macular ganglion cell layer; mRNFL, macular retinal nerve fiber layer; NI, nasal-inferior. NI/TI, nasal-inferior/temporal-inferior ratio; NS, nasal-superior; NS/TI, nasal-superior/temporal-inferior ratio; S, superior; TI, temporal-inferior; TS, temporal-superior

*Values presented in median and interquartile range

Significant p-values are in bold