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Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Nov 30;175:37–44. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.11.010

Table 3.

Annual rates of global minimum rim width, macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer thickness and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness loss by study group.

	Variability Group			Longitudinal Group			^*P=
	Mean	99^th Percentile CI	P=	Mean	95% CI	P=
MRW (µm/year)	−0.09	(−0.32, 0.44)	0.69	−1.51	(−2.30, 0.40)	<0.03	<0.001
GC-IPL (µm/year)	−0.008	(−0.02, 0.02)	0.74	−0.21	(−0.29, 0.04)	<0.01	<0.001
cpRNFL(µm/year)	−0.01	(−0.10, 0.15)	0.87	−0.36	(−0.62, 0.07)	<0.02	<0.001

MRW = minimum rim width

GC-IPL = Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer

cpRNFL = Circumpapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer

P evaluates differences in the mean rate of change between stable and longitudinal groups.