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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 Oct 17;95(1):131–141. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2010.183756

Table 3. Length of inner segment (IS) and outer segment (OS) of cone photoreceptors from both affected and unaffected parts of the retina in glaucoma patients.

Subject Segment Retinal location (segment lengths in mm) p Value
(a) Patient no 1 (LE) (1) 2° N 7° I retina (2) 7° T 3° I retina (3) 4° T 1° S retina
IS 35.59±0.81 35.67±1.12 37.18±1.04
OS 18.68±16.16 11.02 ±14.34 36.52 ±1.24
(b) Patient no 2 (LE) (1) 3° T 3° S retina (2) 10° T 2° S retina
IS 34.88±1.44 34.48±1.44
OS 36.05±1.68 32.08±2.15
(c) Patient no 4 (RE) (1) 4.5° T 4.5° I retina (2) 4.5° T 4.5° S retina
IS 38.91±0.86 39.13±0.98 0.6
OS 29.25±1.76 35.44±1.26 0.0001
(d) Patient no 5 (RE) (1) 4.5° T 4.5° I retina (2) 4.5° T 4.5° S retina
IS 35.26 ±0.70 35.77 ±1.23 0.27
OS 6.16 ±12.99 34.95 ±2.48 0.0001
(e) Patient no 6 (RE) (1) 4.5° T 4.5° I retina (2) 4.5° N 4.5° S retina
IS 35.95±0.78 35.41±0.65 0.11
OS 31.72±1.50 31.07±1.23 0.31
(f) Patient no 7 (LE) (1) 4.5° T 9° I retina (2) 4.5° T 9° S retina
IS 36.79±1.23 37.53±0.59 0.11
OS 24.91±1.15 21.39±5.02 0.04
(g) Patient no 8 (RE) (1) 4.5° T retina (2) 6° T 6° I retina (3) 6° N 6° S retina
IS 41.41±1.19 35.72±0.80* 36.15±0.96* 0.30*
OS 39.86±1.75 8.41±17.73* 25.87±1.67* 0.006*
(h) Patient no 9 (RE) (1) 8° N 8°I retina (2) 4.5° N 4.5° I retina (3) 4.5° N 4.5° S retina
IS 35.08±0.97 34.66±1.05* † 34.59±1.32* ‡ 0.89*
OS 0±0 31.15±1.13* † 32.28±0.80* ‡ 0.019*
(4) 4.5° T 4.5° S retina
IS 34.88±0.98† ‡ 0.64†
0.58‡
OS 32.45±0.83 † ‡ 0.009†
0.65‡
(i) Patient no 10 (RE) (1) 4.5° T 4.5° I retina (2) 4.5° N 4.5° I retina (3) 4.5° S retina
IS 37.06±1.01* † 36.54±1.12* ‡ 37.20±0.86‡ † 0.29*
0.15‡
0.74†
OS 29.48±11.37* † 13.68±17.80* ‡ 41.90±0.91‡ † 0.03*
0.0001‡
0.003†

p Values marked with *, †, ‡ correspond to comparisons that are labelled with the same symbols. Affected retinal locations are shown in bold.

LE, left eye; RE, right eye.