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. 2017 Jun 14;7:3489. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03828-0

Table 2.

Comparison between glaucoma patients with disc hemorrhage who showed visual field progression or remained stable during the follow-up period.

Variables Progression (n = 45) Stable (n = 53) P Value
Age at diagnosis (yrs) 61.62 ± 12.21 60.26 ± 12.07 0.582*
Male, no. (%) 22 (41.5%) 14 (31.1%) 0.197
Systemic factors, no (%)
 Diabetes mellitus 8 (17.8%) 10 (18.9%) 0.551
 Hypertension 11 (24.4%) 14 (26.4%) 0.505
 Medication of aspirin 11 (24.4%) 13 (24.5%) 0.590
SE refraction error (D) −1.51 ± 3.19 −0.78 ± 2.75 0.389*
Axial length (mm) 24.20 ± 1.47 24.10 ± 1.87 0.846*
Central corneal thickness (μm) 519.05 ± 39.21 531.62 ± 31.45 0.234*
Baseline IOP (mmHg) 14.82 ± 3.57 15.55 ± 3.14 0.337*
Mean follow-up IOP (mmHg) 14.04 ± 2.92 14.52 ± 2.36 0.367*
Peak follow-up IOP (mmHg) 15.66 ± 3.35 15.75 ± 3.07 0.885*
IOP fluctuation (mmHg) 4.35 ± 1.63 4.17 ± 4.59 0.583*
Optic disc characteristics
 Disc area (mm2) 2.20 ± 0.51 2.14 ± 0.38 0.547*
 Average RNFL thickness (μm) 79.82 ± 12.74 79.97 ± 10.84 0.950*
 Number of DH 2.15 ± 1.10 2.11 ± 1.08 0.849*
 Recurrent DH, no (%) 29 (64.4%) 33 (62.3%) 0.495*
 Number of eyes with focal LC defect, no (%) 26 (57.8%) 10 (18.9%) <0.001
    Focal LC defect at the DH site, no (%) 17 (37.8%) 3 (5.7%) 0.001
    Focal LC defect outside the DH site, no (%) 9 (20.0%) 7 (13.2%) 0.263
Baseline VF examination −4.22 ± 3.69 −3.77 ± 4.91 0.654*
 MD (dB) 4.31 ± 3.69 4.84 ± 3.86 0.499*
 PSD (dB) 72.29 ± 12.24 72.64 ± 12.16 0.161*
Follow-up duration (mos)

D, diopters; IOP, intraocular pressure; RNFL, retinal nerve fiber layer; DH, disc hemorrhage; LC, lamina cribrosa; MD, mean deviation; PSD, pattern standard deviation; VF, visual field.

*Student t-test.

Chi-square test.

Data are mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated.

Factors with statistical significance are shown in bold.