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. 2013 Dec 19;98(Suppl 2):ii15–ii19. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304326

Table 1.

Summary of selected glaucoma diagnostic accuracy studies

Study, year (reference) Subjects Number of eyes Baseline MD (dB) Device Scan region Parameter AUC
Mwanza 20118 Glaucoma 73 −10.4 Cirrus SD-OCT ONH
RNFL
Vertical rim thickness
Rim area
RNFL average thickness
0.96
0.96
0.95
Healthy 146 NA
Sung 20129 Glaucoma 229 −6.64 Cirrus SD-OCT ONH
RNFL
Rim area
RNFL average thickness
0.87
0.96
Preperimetric glaucoma 405 −0.66
Healthy 109 −0.45
Kotowski 201210 Glaucoma 63 −2.21 Cirrus SD-OCT Macular
RNFL
GCC average
GCIPL average
RNFL average thickness
0.90
0.90
0.91
Glaucoma suspect 49 −0.32
Healthy 51 −0.18
Mwanza 201211 Glaucoma 58 −3.2 Cirrus SD-OCT Macular
ONH
RNFL
GCIPL minimum
GCIPL average
Vertical cup to disc ratio
Cup to disc ratio
Rim area
RNFL average thickness
0.96
0.94
0.96
0.93
0.91
0.94
Healthy 99 0.08
Jeoung 201312 Glaucoma
Mild
Moderate/severe

164
142

−2.68
−12.41
Cirrus SD-OCT
Macular
ONH
RNFL

GCIPL minimum
GCIPL average
Rim area
Cup to disc ratio
RNFL average thickness
Mild, moderate/severe
0.90, 0.96
0.82, 0.91
0.86, 0.94
0.72, 0.86
0.90, 0.96
Healthy 119 −0.22
Takayama 201213 Glaucoma
Early
Advanced

38
20

−2.33
−14.2
Cirrus SD-OCT
Macular
RFNL

GCIPL minimum
GCIPL average
RNFL average thickness
All, early, advanced
0.94, 0.90, 0.99
0.87, 0.82, 0.96
0.92, 0.89, 0.96
Healthy 48 −0.07
Lisboa 201314 Preperimetric glaucoma 48 −0.81 RTVue SD-OCT Macular
ONH
RNFL
GCC average
Vertical cup to disc ratio
Rim area
RNFL average thickness
0.79
0.74
0.72
0.89
Healthy 94 0.02

AUC, area under receiver operating characteristics curve; GCC, ganglion cell complex; GCIPL, ganglion cell inner plexiform layer; MD, mean deviation; ONH, optic nerve head; RNFL, retinal nerve fibre layer; SD-OCT, spectral domain-optical coherence tomography.