Table 3.

Mean values of retinal sensitivity in decibel (dB) measurements obtained by postoperative microperimetry (MP) divided into 9 sectors plus the mean sensitivity, with the respective values of the areas under the ROC curve

Retinal sensitivity (dB)	Patients (n = 43)	Controls (n = 43)	p-value	AUC
Fovea	21.6 ± 4.3	27.1 ± 2.8	< 0.001*	0.89 (0.81–0.96)
Temporal inner	24.0 ± 3.2	27.6 ± 1.5	< 0.001*	0.85 (0.76–0.94)
Superior inner	23.1 ± 3.5	26.8 ± 1.8	< 0.001*	0.84 (0.74–0.93)
Nasal inner	22.9 ± 4.3	26.9 ± 1.9	< 0.001*	0.80 (0.69–0.91)
Inferior inner	23.5 ± 2.7	26.5 ± 1,9	< 0.001*	0.82(0.72–0.92)
Temporal outer	23.6 ± 3.4	26.7 ± 1.8	< 0.001*	0.81 (0.71–0.91)
Superior outer	21.9 ± 3.5	25.9 ± 2.2	< 0.001*	0.85 (0.75–0.94)
Nasal outer	21.9 ± 4.7	21.9 ± 4.7	< 0.001*	0.81(0.71– 0.91)
Inferior outer	21.7 ± 3.6	25.4 ± 2.3	< 0.001*	0.82 (0.72–0.92)
Mean sensitivity	22.7 ± 3.3	26.5 ± 1.8	< 0.001*	0.85 (0.76–0.94)

dB decibel

^*Represents p < 0.05, by umpaired Student's t-test for independent samples (patients versus controls)