Table 2.
NMOSD-ON versus HC | NMOSD-ON versus NMOSD-NON | |||
T value | P value | T value | P value | |
All subjects | ||||
pRNFL IEPD (%) | −6.885 | <0.001 | −6.519 | <0.001 |
pRNFL IEAD (µm) | −6.483 | <0.001 | −5.102 | <0.001 |
GCIPL IEPD (%) | −6.566 | <0.001 | −6.928 | <0.001 |
GCIPL IEAD (µm) | −6.338 | <0.001 | −5.663 | <0.001 |
First attack only | ||||
pRNFL IEPD (%) | −6.162 | <0.001 | −5.892 | <0.001 |
pRNFL IEAD (µm) | −5.969 | <0.001 | −5.677 | <0.001 |
GCIPL IEPD (%) | −6.570 | <0.001 | −6.024 | <0.001 |
GCIPL IEAD (µm) | −6.357 | <0.001 | −5.778 | <0.001 |
Recent onset (<10 years) | ||||
pRNFL IEPD (%) | −6.527 | <0.001 | −6.201 | <0.001 |
pRNFL IEAD (µm) | −6.054 | <0.001 | −5.708 | <0.001 |
GCIPL IEPD (%) | −5.768 | <0.001 | −5.274 | <0.001 |
GCIPL IEAD (µm) | −5.530 | <0.001 | −5.014 | <0.001 |
GCIPL, combined ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer; HC, healthy control; IEAD, intereye absolute difference; IEPD, intereye percentage difference; NMOSD-NON, patients with aquaporin-4-antibody seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and no history of optic neuritis; NMOSD-ON, patients with aquaporin-4-antibody seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders and a history of unilateral optic neuritis; ON, optic neuritis; pRNFL, peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer.