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. 2024 Feb 1;65(2):1. doi: 10.1167/iovs.65.2.1

Table 2A.

Area of Preserved EZ/IZ in mm2 and Correlation Between RMDA and EZ/IZ Areas in the Entire Grid, Central Subfield, and Inner and Outer Rings of the ETDRS Grid in all Eyes and Subdivided by AREDS Categories (Normal, Early AMD, and Intermediate AMD Eyes)

Correlation of RMDA at 5 Degrees With Area of EZ and IZ
Area (mm2) Correlation
Layer ETDRS Subfield AREDS Category Mean Std Dev P Value Correlation coefficient (r) P Value
Ellipsoid zone (EZ) Entire grid All 28.149 0.068 −0.334 < 0 .0001
Normal 28.270 0.023 <0.0001 −0.199 0.002
Early 28.246 0.111 −0.272 0.001
Intermediate 27.699 1.423 −0.268 0.007
Central subfield All 0.774 0.065 −0.217 <0.0001
Normal 0.790 0.003 <0.0001 0.055 0.401
Early 0.787 0.014 0.039 0.652
Intermediate 0.752 0.088 0.033 0.743
Inner ring All 6.232 0.281 −0.348 < 0 .0001
Normal 6.280 0.011 <0.0001 0.021 0.746
Early 6.273 0.041 0.117 0.175
Intermediate 6.088 0.373 −0.227 0.023
Outer ring All 21.0893 1.058 −0.292 < 0 .0001
Normal 21.2091 0.016 <0.0001 −0.291 < 0 .0001
Early 21.1947 0.079 −0.322 < 0 .0001
Intermediate 20.8628 1.128 −0.258 0.010
Interdigitation zone (IZ) Entire grid All 27.125 3.219 −0.591 < 0 .0001
Normal 28.250 0.136 <0.0001 −0.442 < 0 .0001
Early 27.909 0.777 −0.496 < 0 .0001
Intermediate 23.223 5.538 −0.472 < 0 .0001
Central subfield All 0.707 0.192 −0.531 < 0 .0001
Normal 0.789 0.011 <0.0001 0.069 0.288
Early 0.766 0.065 −0.257 0.001
Intermediate 0.436 0.288 −0.288 0.004
Inner ring All 5.863 1.060 −0.584 < 0 .0001
Normal 6.275 0.032 <0.0001 0.107 0.101
Early 6.173 0.235 −0.303 < 0 .0001
Intermediate 4.397 1.646 −0.414 < 0 .0001
Outer ring All 20.555 2.190 −0.538 < 0 .0001
Normal 21.195 0.122 <0.0001 −0.460 < 0 .0001
Early 20.974 0.637 −0.460 < 0 .0001
Intermediate 18.389 4.125 −0.450 < 0 .0001

P-values that indicate statistical significance (P values < 0.05) are in bold