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. 2025 Dec 26;15(2):719–743. doi: 10.1007/s40123-025-01298-6

Table 2.

Wide-field sectoral RNFLT (S3–S12) in VF defect and VF unaffected regions of NAION eyes

Characteristic
Acute stage
HC
Matched region (n = 20)
Acute VF
Defect regiona (n = 22)
Acute VF
Unaffected regionb (n = 22)
H/P Defect vs. HC
adj-P
Unaffected vs. HC
adj-P
Defect vs. unaffected
adj-P
pRNFLT 131.00 [117.00, 143.00] 339.00 [252.00, 379.00] 205.00 [146.30, 253.00]

38.81

< 0.0001****

0.02* < 0.0001**** 0.001**
GCIPLT 76.82 [74.26, 78.93] 74.34 [70.93, 80.55] 73.31 [71.31, 79.04]

8.58

0.014*

0.09 0.02* 0.99
S3vsI3 33.34 [32.33, 38.56] 33.90 [32.22, 39.25] 34.25 [31.92, 36.18]

0.05

0.98

0.99 0.85 0.84
S6vsI6 43.17 [41.52, 45.35] 49.14 [51.32, 54.60] 51.95 [50.17, 54.35]

31.61

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** < 0.0001**** 0.99
S9vsI9 53.32 [52.39, 61.59] 71.13 [58.11, 90.54] 67.44 [61.45, 71.19]

25.54

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** 0.0002*** 0.99
S12vsI12 57.06 [51.86, 57.47] 62.76 [60.79, 66.29] 49.76 [42.06, 53.18]

32.79

< 0.0001****

0.002** 0.12 < 0.0001****
Characteristic
Chronic stage
HC
Matched region (n = 20)
Chronic VF
Defect regiona (n = 27)
Chronic VF
Unaffected regionb (n = 27)
H/P Defect vs. HC
adj-P
Unaffected vs. HC
adj-P
Defect vs. unaffected
adj-P
pRNFLT 131.00 [117.00, 143.00] 62.00 [55.00, 71.00] 110.0 [90.00, 126.00]

52.94

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** 0.07 < 0.0001****
GCIPLT 76.82 [74.26, 78.93] 51.21 [42.27, 65.43] 69.08 [47.49, 75.83]

34.71

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** 0.001** 0.03*
S3vsI3 33.34 [32.33, 38.56] 21.13 [17.98, 27.30] 25.95 [19.07, 36.36]

24.61

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** 0.02* 0.05
S6vsI6 43.17 [41.52, 45.35] 23.92 [18.06, 27.94] 39.83 [23.02, 47.29]

29.40

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** 0.29 0.0004***
S9vsI9 53.32 [52.39, 61.59] 20.02 [18.00, 46.00] 46.32 [37.40, 67.55]

26.01

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** 0.75 0.0003***
S12vsI12 57.06 [51.86, 57.47] 25.11 [21.31, 33.56] 36.01 [29.45, 42.84]

45.12

< 0.0001****

< 0.0001**** 0.0002*** 0.02*

RNFLT sectors S3–S12 were analyzed [see Methods for definitions]

Values are median [IQR]. Kruskal–Wallis with Dunn’s post hoc test [Bonferroni correction]

P values < 0.05: *adj-P < 0.05, **adj-P < 0.01, ***adj-P < 0.001, ****adj-P < 0.0001

aVF defect = region with perimetric loss

bVF unaffected = region without perimetric loss