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Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Oct 25;143(2):272–279. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.09.049

Table 3.

Age-adjusted areas under receiver operator characteristic curves (AUROC) discriminating between normal and glaucoma patients with normal birefringence pattern (NBP), mild abnormal birefringence pattern (ABP), and moderate-severe ABP.

SLP parameters	NBP (n=95)			Mild ABP (n=16)			Moderate-severe ABP (n=18)
	VCC	ECC	p-value	VCC	ECC	p-value	VCC	ECC	p-value
TSNIT average	0.91±0.04	0.90±0.04	0.94	0.96±0.05	0.91±0.08	0.36	0.78±0.12	0.85±0.09	0.29
Superior average	0.85±0.05	0.86±0.05	0.74	0.84±0.10	0.78±0.12	0.15	0.70±0.14	0.80±0.11	0.31
Inferior average	0.86±0.05	0.88±0.04	0.48	0.89±0.09	0.86±0.10	0.65	0.75±0.12	0.91±0.07	0.03
TSNIT SD	0.82±0.05	0.85±0.05	0.46	0.82±0.11	0.73±0.15	0.50	0.78±0.11	0.88±0.08	0.28

ABP = atypical birefringence pattern; NBP = normal birefringence pattern; SE = standard error; VCC = variable corneal compensation; ECC = enhanced corneal compensation; TSNIT = temporal superior nasal inferior temporal