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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jun 25;98(11):1551–1554. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304393

TABLE 2.

Change from Baseline to 3-year follow-up in persons of African Descent v. European Descent

African Descent
Mean (95% CI)
European Descent
Mean (95% CI)
p-value
BMI
Systolic BP −5.58 (−14.17, 3.02) −1.62 (−6.57, 3.33) 0.4294
Heart Rate 2.06 (−2.14, 6.02) 0.61 (−1.79, 2.94) 0.5486
IOP −1.33 (−3.11, 0.46) −1.70 (−2.71, −0.70) 0.7148
OPP 0.03 (−4.17, 4.22) 1.89 (−0.49, 4.27) 0.4429
VF MD 0.00 (0.78, −0.73) −0.30 (0.10, −0.68) 0.4456
VF PSD 0.72 (0.24, 1.14) 0.24 (−0.06, 0.51) 0.0836
Superior Mean Retinal Flow 74.70 (20.28, 121.79) 15.56 (−18.79, 47.05) 0.0734
Inferior Mean Retinal Flow −17.19 (−95.79, 50.22) 23.61 (−8.77, 53.28) 0.2546
HRT3 Cup Area 0.042 (−0.038, 0.121) 0.022 (−0.024, 0.068) 0.6674
HRT3 Rim Area −0.040 (−0.121, 0.041) −0.016 (−0.063, 0.031) 0.6008
HRT3 C/D Area Ratio 0.019 (−0.015, 0.054) 0.009 (−0.011, 0.029) 0.6036
HRT3 Linear C/D Ratio 0.007 (−0.023, 0.037) 0.007 (−0.010, 0.025) 0.9832

IOP=intraocular pressure, OPP=ocular perfusion pressure, VF=visual field, MD=mean deviation, PSD=pattern standard deviation, HRT3= Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph version III, C/D=cup/disk. Races were compared for differences in changes using analysis of covariance.