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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 May 23;222:238–247. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.05.019

Table 2.

Rates of Change for Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD OCT) Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Thickness and Standard Automated Perimetry (SAP) Mean Deviation (MD) According to Glaucoma Diagnosis at Baseline.

Diagnosis n = 6,138 eyes of 3,669 subjects
mean SD median IQR p5 p15
Rates of SD OCT RNFL thickness change (μm/year)
GS −0.64 0.72 −0.59 −0.90 −0.28 −1.69 −1.14
POAG −0.76 0.71 −0.73 −1.04 −0.45 −1.91 −1.29
Other −0.89 1.03 −0.79 −1.24 −0.39 −2.61 −1.59
Overall −0.73 0.80 −0.67 −1.03 −0.35 −1.96 −1.30
Rates of SAP MD change (dB/year)
GS 0.01 0.27 0.04 −0.06 0.13 −0.39 −0.15
POAG −0.20 0.39 −0.15 −0.32 0.00 −0.78 −0.47
Other −0.14 0.42 −0.10 −0.31 0.07 −0.77 −0.48
Overall −0.09 0.36 −0.04 −0.22 0.09 −0.67 −0.36

GS = glaucoma suspect; IQR = interquartile range; MD = mean deviation; p5 = 5th percentile; p15 = 15th percentile; POAG = primary open-angle glaucoma; RNFL = retinal nerve fiber layer; SAP = Standard Automated Perimetry; SD OCT = Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence; SD = standard deviation