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. 2024 Feb 29;14(2):e080779. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080779

Table 2.

Pupil metrics before and after cerebral angiogram

Variable Pre angiogram (n=50) Post angiogram (n=50) P value*
NPi
 Left eye 4.29 (0.42) 4.33 (0.38) 0.612
 Right eye 4.25 (0.75) 4.25 (0.77) 0.902
Absolute difference in left and right eye NPi values 0.05 (0.77) 0.08 (0.67) 0.621
Resting pupil diameter
 Left eye 3.21 (1.07) 2.19 (0.49) 0.054
 Right eye 3.07 (0.98) 2.24 (0.53) 0.699
Latency
 Left eye 0.24 (0.05) 0.25 (0.05) 0.262
 Right eye 0.25 (0.05) 0.29 (0.19) 0.140
Constriction velocity
 Left eye 1.74 (0.90) 1.54 (0.92) 0.113
 Right eye 1.58 (0.82) 1.52 (0.80) 0.737
Constricted pupil diameter
 Left eye 3.22 (1.07) 2.91 (0.95) 0.028
 Right eye 3.07 (0.98) 3.02 (0.94) 0.608
% change in pupil diameter
 Left eye 23.21% (9.73) 22.5% (10.85) 0.635
 Right eye 22.67% (9.75) 23.31% (10.93) 0.737
Dilation velocity
 Left eye 0.72 (0.39) 0.65 (0.41) 0.259
 Right eye 0.72 (0.39) 0.64 (0.35) 0.345
PLR categorisation* 0.321
 Left eye
  Abnormal 1 (2%) 0 (0%)
  Normal 49 (98%) 50 (100%)
 Right eye
  Abnormal 2 (4%) 2 (4%)
  Normal 48 (96%) 48 (96%)

*The pupillary light reflex (PLR) is considered abnormal if the NPi value is <3.0.