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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2011 Apr 13;118(8):1571–1579. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.01.016

Table 2.

Average Macular Choroidal Thickness and Univariable Associations

N Beta [95% CI] p value
Glaucoma (vs Glaucoma Suspect) 73 −54.9 [−93.6, −16.2] 0.006

Diagnosis 73
    PAC/S (vs OAGS) 100.2 [46.7, 153.7] <0.001
    OAG (vs OAGS) −17.1 [−60.0, 25.8] 0.43
    PACG (vs OAGS) −19.9 [−83.0, 43.3] 0.53

Age (years) 73 −3.3 [−5.0, −1.6] <0.001
Axial Length (mm) 72 −28.3 [−37.8, −18.8] <0.001
NFL Thickness (um) 72 1.2 [0.2, 2.3] 0.02

Previous glaucoma surgery 73 −40.5 [−84.6, 3.5] 0.07

Female Sex (vs Male) 73 −21.5 [−62.9, 19.9] 0.30
Non-White Race (vs White) 73 −9.4 [−59.8, 41.1] 0.71
CCT (um) 71 −0.2 [−0.7, 0.3] 0.41
IOP at imaging (mmHg) 73 1.1 [−2.9, 5.0] 0.60
Number of glaucoma meds 73 −9.2 [−25.1, 6.7] 0.25
Visual Field MD (dB) 73 1.0 [−1.7, 3.7] 0.46
Highest known IOP (mmHg) 73 −0.8 [−3.0, 1.4] 0.45
Pseudophakia 73 44.1 [−8.2, 96.4] 0.10
SBP (mmHg) 69 −0.5 [−1.9, 0.9] 0.50
DBP (mmHg) 69 1.3 [−1.0, 3.6] 0.26
HR (bpm) 69 0.5 [−1.4, 2.4] 0.62
Systolic Ocular Perfusion Pressure (mmHg) 69 −0.6 [−2.0, 0.8] 0.39
Mean Ocular Perfusion Pressure (mmHg) 69 0.4 [−1.8, 2.5] 0.73
Diastolic Ocular Perfusion Pressure (mmHg)§ 69 1.0 [−1.3, 3.2] 0.40

CI (Confidence Interval), OAGS (Open Angle Glaucoma Suspect), PAC/S (Primary Angle Closure Suspect and Primary Angle Closure), OAG (Open Angle Glaucoma), PACG (Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma), CCT (Central Corneal Thickness), IOP (Intraocular Pressure), MD (Mean deviation), NFL (Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness), SBP (Systolic Blood Pressure), DBP (Diastolic Blood Pressure), HR (Heart Rate)

Calculated as the differential pressure between SBP and IOP

Calculated as the differential pressure between Mean BP and IOP (In turn, Mean BP = DBP + (1/3*(SBP-DBP)))

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Calculated as the differential pressure between DBP and IOP