Table 5.

Relationship between the posterior pole characteristics and the DPE in emmetropic and myopic eyes*.

Variables	Disc-DPE distance		Disc-DPE depth		Disc–DPE angle
	R	P Value*	R	P Value*	R	P Value*
Age, years	−0.292	<0.001 †	−0.237	0.002 †	0.088	0.261
SE, diopter	−0.251	0.001 †	−0.260	0.001 †	−0.104	0.183
Axial length, mm	0.314	<0.001 †	0.277	<0.001 †	0.108	0.166
Visual field MD, dB	−0.110	0.161	−0.197	0.012 †	−0.152	0.052
Average RNFL thickness, μm	−0.184	0.068	−0.214	0.006 †	−0.021	0.786
Disc-DPE distance, μm			0.673	<0.001 †	−0.102	0.191
Fovea-DPE distance, μm	−0.506	<0.001 †	−0.167	0.063	0.517	<0.001 †
Disc-DPE depth, μm	0.673	<0.001 †			−0.051	0.516
Fovea-DPE depth, μm	−0.563	<0.001 †	−0.722	<0.001 †	0.423	<0.001 †
Disc–fovea angle (°)	0.015	0.846	−0.104	0.184	0.268	0.001 †
Disc–DPE angle (°)	−0.136	0.131	−0.051	0.516
Disc torsion angle (°)	0.062	0.426	0.075	0.339	0.673	<0.001 †
Disc ovality	0.336	<0.001 †	0.377	<0.001 †	0.003	0.965
Horizontal tilt angle (°)	0.317	<0.001 †	0.182	0.019 †	0.003	0.973
Vertical tilt angle (°)	0.097	0.217	−0.051	0.512	0.304	<0.001 †

R = correlation coefficient; SE: spherical equivalent; MD: mean deviation of perimetry; RNFL: retinal nerve fiber layer; DPE: deepest point of the eyeball.

*Pearson’s correlation analysis.

^†Statistically significant values (P < 0.05) are shown in bold.