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. 2016 Feb 23;10:343–357. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S92957

Table 3.

A statistically significant relationship was found between the preferred sleep posture and the side with the larger cup-to-disc ratio using a McNemar test for paired data with dichotomous outcomes

Cup-to-disc ratio difference of at least Side with the larger optic cup Side preferred during sleep
Probability of agreement Agreement (%)
Right Left
1) ≥0.10 Right 71 15 P=0.001 78
Left 15 36 n=137
2) ≥0.15 Right 47 8 P=0.001 81
Left 7 18 n=80
3) ≥0.20 Right 31 3 P=0.01 85
Left 5 13 n=52
4) ≥0.25 Right 21 2 P=0.005 84
Left 3 5 n=31

Notes: Data were subgrouped into those patients exhibiting a cup-to-disc ratio disparity ≥0.10, 0.15, 0.20, and 0.25. Agreement between the reported preferred side of eye dependency during sleep and the optic nerve with the larger cup-to-disc ratio was calculated for each subgroup. For patients observed to have at least a 0.10 cup-to-disc ratio asymmetry, there was a 78% agreement (71+36/total).