Table 2.
Correlation between IOP and WS, elasticity, viscosity of optic nerve and optic nerve head as well as with age for both NTG vs. control.
| Location | Parameters | NTG | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p-value | Linear regression | r | p-value | ||
| Optic Nerve | WS-100Hz | −0.52 | 0.009 | 3.50–0.0845*IOP; R2 = 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.159 |
| WS-150Hz | −0.47 | 0.019 | 3.47 −0.0836*IOP; R2 = 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.063 | |
| WS-200Hz | −0.50 | 0.012 | 3.61 −0.081*IOP; R2 = 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.268 | |
| Elasticity | −0.59 | 0.002 | 13.2 −0.503*IOP; R2 = 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.412 | |
| Viscosity | 0.11 | 0.600 | x | 0.11 | 0.621 | |
| Optic Nerve Head | WS-100Hz | −0.38 | 0.068 | x | 0.26 | 0.213 |
| WS-150Hz | −0.30 | 0.147 | x | 0.32 | 0.125 | |
| WS-200Hz | −0.36 | 0.087 | x | 0.38 | 0.068 | |
| Elasticity | 0.15 | 0.540 | x | 0.30 | 0.157 | |
| Viscosity | −0.19 | 0.365 | x | 0.29 | 0.171 | |