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. 2016 Mar 11;6(3):e010791. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010791

Table 2.

Peripapillary and parafoveal perfusion of the four groups

Emmetropia Mild myopia Moderate myopia High myopia
Variables (N=20) (N=20) (N=20) (N=18) p Value*
Peripapillary perfusion
 Retinal flow index 0.097±0.012 0.093±0.009 0.085±0.009 0.083±0.008 <0.001
 Retinal vessel density (%) 89.0±5.4 87.9±4.3 84.5±5.9 82.3±5.8 0.002
 Choroid flow index 0.091±0.015 0.088±0.014 0.085±0.009 0.082±0.013 0.103
 Choroid vessel density (%) 82.7±6.9 82.1±7.2 81.1±5.3 77.6±7.6 0.114
Parafoveal perfusion
 Superficial flow index 0.022±0.006 0.025±0.006 0.025±0.007 0.024±0.007 0.760
 Superficial vessel density (%) 26.6±6.1 28.9±6.3 29.0±7.2 28.2±3.7 0.848
 Choroid flow index 0.085±0.019 0.083±0.011 0.088±0.009 0.083±0.010 0.440
 Choroid vessel density (%) 88.4±10.9 89.0±5.8 91.3±4.4 88.0±5.8 0.316

Numbers displayed are mean±SD.

*Differences between groups were tested with the Kruskal-Wallis test.