Table 2.

Retinal microvasculature parameters in healthy control subjects and in those who experienced a myocardial infarction (MI) at a young age (<50 years). All parameters were measured in both eyes. Measured values were compared between groups using two-tailed paired t-tests.

	Healthy subjects	MI subjects	p
Right eye
CRAE-6 (µm)	47.5 ± 2.0	47.6 ± 2.2	0.87
CRVE-6 (µm)	57.0 ± 1.8	57.1 ± 2.0	0.82
AVR	0.83 ± 0.04	0.83 ± 0.04	0.85
Left eye
CRAE-6 (µm)	46.9 ± 1.6	46.9 ± 1.9	0.81
CRVE-6 (µm)	56.8 ± 2.0	56.6 ± 2.2	0.58
AVR	0.83 ± 0.03	0.83 ± 0.05	0.56

Central retinal arterial equivalent (CRAE-6); Central retinal venous equivalent (CRVE-6); Arterial-venous ratio (AVR).