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. 2002 Jul;86(7):771–773. doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.7.771

Table 2.

The correlation coefficient (r) of the circulatory parameters versus dioptry and axial length

Dioptry Axial length
r p Value r p Value
CRA
    PSV 0.55 <0.0001 −0.49 0.0002*
    EDV 0.37 0.007 −0.26 0.064
    MV 0.54 <0.0001 −0.46 0.0005*
    RI 0.29 0.034 −0.34 0.013*
CRV
    PSV 0.34 0.015 −0.23 0.10
    EDV 0.29 0.040 −0.14 0.34
    MV 0.33 0.018 −0.17 0.25
    RI 0.12 0.42 −0.12 0.38
PCA
    PSV 0.35 0.010 −0.27 0.053
    EDV 0.36 0.008 −0.20 0.16
    MV 0.39 0.003 −0.27 0.054
    RI 0.15 0.30 −0.17 0.23

r = correlation coefficient; CRA =central retinal artery; CRV = central retinal vein; PCA = posterior ciliary artery; PSV = peak systolic velocity; EDV = end diastolic velocity; MV =mean velocity, RI = resistivity index ; *statistically significant.