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Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Feb 3;261:141–164. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2024.01.023

Table 7.

Univariable and multivariable associations with the magnitude of an OCT Exposed Neural Canal (ENC), Externally Oblique Choroidal Border Tissue (EOCBT) and Exposed Scleral Flange (ESF) region, (respectively), among Highly Myopic Eyes (n=122).

Highly Myopic Eyes (n=122)

Univariable (β) Multivariable (β)

ENC EOCBT ESF ENC EOCBT ESF
Female Gender 28.58 (P=0.134) 19.71 (P=0.127) 8.87 (P=0.387)
Left Eye −28.81 (P=0.131) −24.15 (P=0.061) −4.66 (P=0.650)
Age 0.78 (P=0.224) 0.45 (P=0.300) 0.33 (P=0.337)
Axial Length 9.14 (P=0.341) −1.90 (P=0.770) 11.03 (P=0.030)
Spherical Equivalent −3.40 (P=0.343) −0.72 (P=0.766) −2.68 (P=0.162)
IOP 3.65 (P=0.132) 2.20 (P=0.180) 1.45 (P=0.267)
CCT (10 μm increase) 9.75 (P<0.001) 5.61 (P<0.001) 4.14 (P=0.002)
Mean deviation 1.47 (P=0.364) 1.50 (P=0.171) −0.02 (P=0.978)
Global BMO-MRW 0.13 (P=0.292) 0.15 (P=0.067) −0.02 (P=0.739)
Global pNC-RNFLT 0.81 (P=0.117) 0.55 (P=0.116) 0.26 (P=0.346)
BMO area (0.1mm2 increase) 5.91 (P<0.001) 2.88 (P<0.001) 3.03 (P<0.001)
ASCO area (0.1mm2 increase) 1.65 (P=0.204) −0.61 (P=0.487) 2.27 (P<0.001)
BMO/ASCO area ratio 300.39 (P<0.001) 235.86 (P<0.001) 64.52 (P=0.010) 176.83 (P<0.001) 174.69 (P<0.001)
SFO area (0.1mm2 increase) −1.14 (P=0.436) −1.46 (P=0.136) 0.33 (P=0.676)
NCMCA (0.1mm2 increase) −4.92 (P=0.009) −3.54 (P=0.005) −1.38 (P=0.175)
BMO ovality index −127.70 (P=0.294) −14.84 (P=0.857) −112.82 (P=0.082)
ASCO ovality index −5.87 (P=0.960) 75.45 (P=0.334) −81.33 (P=0.188) −141.92 (P=0.002)
SFO ovality index 325.78 (P<0.001) 176.15 (P<0.001) 149.63 (P<0.001) 185.80 (P<0.001) 67.51 (P=0.041) 159.01 (P<0.001)
NCMCA ovality index 46.38 (P<0.001) 28.08 (P<0.001) 18.30 (P<0.001) −18.45 (P<0.001)
BMO / ASCO offset magnitude (100 μιπ increase) 58.88 (P<0.001) 35.01 (P<0.001) 23.87 (P<0.001) 47.84 (P<0.001) 25.46 (P<0.001)
BMO / SFO offset magnitude (100 μιπ increase) 51.97 (P<0.001) 25.55 (P<0.001) 26.42 (P<0.001) 31.53 (P<0.001)
Neural Canal Obliqueness 3.26 (P<0.001) 1.83 (P<0.001) 1.43 (P<0.001)
Global pNC-CT 300 0.40 (P=0.204) 0.15 (P=0.495) 0.26 (P=0.130)

Within this analysis, data for each eye and each ENC region includes the sectoral values for that region in all 12 sectors - with sectoral values in which there is no ENC, no EOCBT or no ESF, (respectively) being treated as zero (0).