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. 2016 Jan 22;30(4):588–592. doi: 10.1038/eye.2015.287

Table 1. Demographic and clinical features of the scleroderma patients and control subjects.

  Scleroderma group (n=46) Control subjects (n=31) P-value
Age (year) 48.2±9.2 52.4±12 0.1
Gender (male/female) 3/43 6/25 0.086
BMI (kg/m2) 26.1±3.6 26.8±3.6 0.37
ANA positivity, n (%) 35 (76)    
Anti-centromer Ab, n (%) 10 (21.7)    
Anti-SCL-70 Ab, n (%) 9 (19.5)    
AXL (mm) 22.80±0.71 22.71±0.64 0.55
SE (diopter) −0.77±1.93 0.06±1.16 0.072
Nasal choroidal thickness (μm) 148±51.5 261.9±66.9 0.012*
Temporal choroidal thickness (μm) 181.8±62.7 276.5±70.2 0.046*
Subfoveal choroidal thickness (μm) 230.5±66.3 363.2±83.16 < 0.001*

Abbreviations: ANA, anti-nuclear antibody; Ab, antibody; AXL, axial length; BMI, body mass index; SE, spherical equivalent refractive error.

*P<0.05.