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. 2012 Oct 19;26(12):1554–1562. doi: 10.1038/eye.2012.202

Table 2. Fixed-effects coefficients from linear mixed-effects model.

Coefficient VCC RNFLT
ECC RNFLT
OCT RNFLT
SAP MD
  Estimate P Estimate P Estimate P Estimate P
Rate of change in controls (β3) (μm per year) −0.4 0.01 −0.3 0.01 0.6 0.19 0.03 (dB per year) 0.68
Difference in rate of change (β4) (μm per year) 0.2 0.31 0.2 0.19 −0.6 0.32 −0.23 (dB per year) 0.01
Mean baseline in controls (β1) (μm) 50.6 <0.001 49.5 <0.001 100.1 <0.001 0.14 (dB) 0.84
Difference in mean baseline (β2) (μm) −10.3 <0.001 −10.3 <0.001 −31.1 <0.001 −4.30 (dB) <0.001
Baseline age (β5) (μm per year) −0.1 0.04 −0.1 0.22 −0.2 0.12 −0.11 (dB per year) <0.01
TSS (β6) (μm/U score) −0.2 <0.001 −0.2 <0.001 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Abbreviations: ECC, enhanced corneal compensation; MD, mean deviation; OCT, optical coherence tomography; RNFLT, retinal nerve fibre layer thickness; SAP, standard automated perimetry; VCC, variable corneal compensation.

Values shown are fixed effects with coefficients from Equations 1, 2, 3 indicated. Rows in bold indicate the estimates of effects relating to the rate of change in control subjects (β3), and the difference between the rate of change in the controls and the glaucoma patients (β4). The mean rate of change in the glaucoma patients is given by β3+β4.