Table 2.
Pooled results comparing SFCT in the amblyopic eye with the fellow eye and the normal control eye.
| Groups | AL/n | WMD (95% CI) | p value | Test for heterogeneity | Egger's test (p) | Begg's test (p) |
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| A versus F | All/10 | 49.24 (30.22–68.27) | p < 0.001 | I 2 = 84.3%, p < 0.001 | 0.291 | 0.622 |
| Matched/4 | 57.69 (36.71–78.68) | p < 0.001 | I 2 = 56.6%, p = 0.075 | 0.410 | 0.497 | |
| Unmatched/6 | 44.36 (19.19–69.53) | p = 0.001 | I 2 = 86.5%, p < 0.001 | 0.175 | 0.348 | |
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| A versus C | All/9 | 54.51 (32.17–76.85) | p < 0.001 | I 2 = 85.6%, p < 0.001 | 0.093 | 0.427 |
| Matched/4 | 55.65 (19.37–91.92) | p = 0.003 | I 2 = 77.7%, p = 0.004 | 0.851 | 0.497 | |
| Unmatched/5 | 53.77 (22.67–84.86) | p = 0.001 | I 2 = 89.2%, p < 0.001 | 0.195 | 0.624 | |
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| F versus C | All/8 | 13.80 (−1.16, 28.77) | p = 0.071 | I 2 = 61.6%, p = 0.011 | 0.340 | 1.000 |
SFCT: subfoveal choroidal thickness; AL: axial length; WMD: weighted mean differences; CI: confidence interval; A: amblyopia; C: control; F: fellow.