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.