Table 5.

Correlation between the cardiovascular parameters and stereometric measurements of the optic nerve head in patients with chronic heart failure

Cadiovascular variable	Rim area		Cup area		Cup/disc area ratio		RNFL thickness
	r	P*	r	P*	r	P*	r	P*
NYHA functional class of heart failure	0.03	0.52	−0.08	0.66	−0.71	0.67	0.12	0.14
Left ventricle ejection fraction	0.18	0.29	−0.25	0.06	−0.26	0.15	0.25	0.01
Left ventricle shortening fraction	0.36	0.01	−0.36	0.01	−0.37	0.04	0.26	0.05
Left ventricle diastolic volume	−0.38	0.01	0.08	0.77	0.20	0.34	−0.10	0.39
Left ventricle systolic diameter	−0.47	0.005	0.20	0.34	0.32	0.13	−0.13	0.34
Left ventricle diastolic diameter	−0.36	0.03	0.11	0.71	0.22	0.30	−0.02	0.84
Left ventricle mass index	−0.34	0.08	0.25	0.07	0.34	0.02	0.05	0.71
Systolic blood pressure	−0.16	0.23	−0.06	0.67	−0.04	0.80	0.05	0.60
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.19	0.62	−0.13	0.30	−0.10	0.47	0.03	0.73

Notes: r = Pearson’s correlation coefficient.

^*P values calculated with generalized estimating equations.

Abbreviations: NYHA, New York Heart Association; RNFL, retinal nerve fiber layer.