Table 3.
Young Preterm Infants |
Term-Aged Preterm Infants |
Term Infants |
Adult Subjects |
|
Sex, median ± SD, μm | ||||
Male | 174 ± 60 | 213 ± 90 | 331 ± 52 | 248 ± 72 |
Female | 176 ± 49 | 324 ± 80 | 328 ± 73 | 263 ± 70 |
Race and ethnicity, median ± SD, μm | ||||
African American | 178 ± 36 | 222 ± 95 | 313 ± 63 | NA |
White | 197 ± 64 | 324 ± 79 | 359 ± 63 | 258 ± 17 |
Hispanic | 147 ± 97 | NA | 293 ± 60* | NA |
Asian | NA | NA | 300 ± NA | 163 ± 112 |
Total, median ± SD, μm | 176 ± 53 | 289 ± 92 | 329 ± 66 | 258 ± 66 |
Hispanic term infant subfoveal choroid is significantly thinner than Caucasian subfoveal choroid (P = 0.014).