Table.

Coefficient Estimates, SEs, and Posterior Probabilities (p) for the Age-Related Strain Change Coefficient b of the Nonlinear Regression Function for Maximum Principal (Tensile) Strain, Aggregated Within Sectors in the Peripapillary and Midperipheral Regions, for Both Racial Groups

	Predicted Maximum Principal Strain = a + b*e(age/[age-110]) Mean Values Over Sectors of the Peripapillary and Midperipheral Regions
	a				b
	European Descent		African Descent		European Descent			African Descent
Sector	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	Estimate	SE	p	Estimate	SE	p
Peripapillary region
Temporal	1.2523	0.09	0.9242	0.2134	0.1078	0.1892	0.57	0.6797	0.4403	0.116
Superotemporal	0.9825	0.0759	0.8839	0.1795	0.433	0.1628	0.004	0.8191	0.3725	0.024
Superior	1.0227	0.0885	0.9586	0.2085	0.71	0.1886	0.002	0.5533	0.4338	0.206
Superonasal	1.0765	0.0725	0.3877	0.1766	0.8697	0.153	<0.001	1.7796	0.3649	<0.001
Nasal	1.1884	0.0751	0.7128	0.1791	0.939	0.1574	<0.001	0.8662	0.371	0.022
Inferonasal	1.1125	0.0894	0.7121	0.2108	0.5452	0.1919	<0.001	0.947	0.447	0.046
Inferior	1.2357	0.0708	0.9883	0.1624	0.351	0.1518	0.034	0.7324	0.3456	0.042
Inferotemporal	1.4337	0.0682	0.7313	0.1569	−0.4357	0.1459	<0.001	0.8712	0.3256	0.01
Midperipheral region
Temporal	0.9286	0.0677	0.4662	0.1586	0.0771	0.1427	0.602	1.2359	0.3266	<0.001
Superotemporal	0.8849	0.0489	0.3677	0.1185	−0.0007	0.1069	0.976	1.2769	0.2492	<0.001
Superior	0.8472	0.0621	0.3003	0.1328	0.0464	0.1318	0.734	1.0927	0.2753	<0.001
Superonasal	0.9582	0.0575	0.1538	0.1267	0.0979	0.1234	0.438	1.6106	0.2601	<0.001
Nasal	0.8945	0.0601	0.294	0.1382	0.5673	0.1287	<0.001	1.3992	0.2865	<0.001
Inferonasal	0.9196	0.0703	0.2706	0.1654	0.1601	0.1489	0.304	1.1459	0.3473	<0.001
Inferior	0.9108	0.0526	0.3199	0.1218	−0.0611	0.1132	0.578	1.1013	0.2536	<0.001
Inferotemporal	0.9559	0.05	0.4008	0.1196	−0.1476	0.1088	0.17	1.0455	0.2465	<0.001

Due to the exponential formulation of the aging function, the coefficient a estimates the strain value in each sector at an age of 110 years old. Sectorial strains within each region by race can be estimated at any age using the function at the top of the table and the listed coefficient estimates. Note that given the noninformative vague priors for the regression coefficients, p is approximately equivalent to the P value for a 2-sided test of the null hypothesis that b = 0 using traditional frequentist statistics. Note that 110 years of age was chosen as the asymptotic value because it maximized the likelihood associated with the statistical model fit.