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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul 8;107(10):1444–1451. doi: 10.1136/bjo-2022-321157

Table 3.

Comparison of Demographics and Clinical characteristics between eyes that developed MvD and eyes that did not develop MvD during the follow-up

Variables No MvD
(21 eyes of 18 patients)
MvD during follow-up
(17 eyes of 16 patients)
P value
Baseline Age (yrs) 70.2 (64.8, 75.6) 71.7 (66.2, 77.1) 0.701
Gender (Female/ Male) 10/8 8/8 0.746
Race (African American/ Non-African American) 7/11 6/10 0.934
Self-reported hypertension, n (%) 11 (61.1%) 9 (56.3%) 0.774
Self-reported diabetes, n (%) 1 (5.6%) 4 (25.0%) 0.110
Axial length (mm) 23.9 (23.4, 24.4) 23.9 (23.3, 24.5) 0.972
CCT (μm) 522.4 (498.9, 545.9) 545.6 (526.3, 565.0) 0.108
Baseline VF MD (dB) −2.1 (−3.2, −1.1) −3.1 (−4.4, −1.8) 0.207
Baseline RNFL Thickness (um) 88.6 (82.6, 94.7) 80.7 (74.6, 86.7) 0.064
Baseline IOP (mmHg) 15.0 (13.4, 16.7) 15.5 (13.5, 17.4) 0.742
Mean IOP during follow-up (mmHg) 14.9 (13.6, 16.3) 15.4 (12.7, 18.1) 0.773
IOP fluctuation (mmHg) 1.9 (1.5, 2.3) 3.5 (2.3, 4.7) 0.012
Peak IOP during follow-up (mmHg) 17.4 (15.9, 18.9) 20 (15.7, 24.3) 0.260
No. of glaucoma medications during the follow-up (n) 1.6 (1, 2.2) 2.5 (1.8, 3.3) 0.044
No. of eyes using glaucoma medication during the follow-up, n (%) 7.2 (6.9, 7.5) 7.1 (6.8, 7.4) 0.506
Glaucoma surgeries at baseline, n (%) 2 (10.0%) 5 (29.4%) 0.133
Cataract surgeries at baseline, n (%) 11 (52.4%) 10 (58.8%) 0.691
Scan Quality Score 7.2 (6.9, 7.5) 7.1 (6.8, 7.4) 0.506
Follow-up period (years) 3.7 (3.4, 4.0) 4.2 (3.8, 4.5) 0.021
No. of follow-up visits 5.0 (4.4, 5.5) 6.4 (5.6, 7.3) 0.002

CCT = central corneal thickness; IOP = intraocular pressure; MD = mean deviation; MvD = microvascular dropout; OCTA = optical coherence tomography angiography; VF = visual field.

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Data is presented as mean (95% CI) unless otherwise indicated. Statistically significant P values are shown in bold.