Table 4.
Correlations of Age with Thickness of Macular Retinal Layers in Sectors of the Pericentral ring
Retinal Layer | Pericentral Superior | Pericentral Nasal | Pericentral Inferior | Pericentral Temporal | ||||||||||||
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P Valuea | Correlationa | P Valueb | Betab | P Valuea | Correlationa | P Valueb | Betab | P Valuea | Correlationa | P Valueb | Betab | P Valuea | Correlationa | P Valueb | Betab | |
RT | < 0.01c | − 0.27 | < 0.01c | − 0.24 | <.01c | −.21 | < 0.01c | − 0.16 | < 0.01c | −.26 | <.01c | −.23 | <.01c | − 0.25 | < 0.01c | − 0.19 |
RNFL | 0.72 | − 0.02 | 0.51 | − 0.03 | 0.74 | 0.01 | 0.66 | 0.02 | 0.17 | −0.06 | 0.27 | −0.05 | < 0.01c | 0.24 | < 0.01c | 0.31 |
GCL | < 0.01c | − 0.31 | < 0.01c | − 0.32 | < 0.01c | − 0.24 | < 0.01c | − 0.24 | < 0.01c | − 0.32 | < 0.01c | − 0.34 | < 0.01c | − 0.35 | < 0.01c | − 0.37 |
IPL | < 0.01c | − 0.37 | < 0.01c | − 0.39 | < 0.01c | − 0.33 | < 0.01c | − 0.33 | < 0.01c | − 0.36 | < 0.01c | − 0.37 | < 0.01c | − 0.28 | < 0.01c | − 0.29 |
INL | 0.60 | − 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.06 | < 0.01c | 0.18 | < 0.01c | 0.27 | 0.29 | − 0.05 | 0.75 | − 0.01 | 0.08 | −0.08 | 1.00 | 0.00 |
OPL | 0.63 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | < 0.01c | 0.18 | < 0.01c | 0.19 | 0.49 | 0.03 | 0.85 | −0.01 | < 0.01c | − 0.13 | < 0.01c | − 0.19 |
ONL | < 0.01c | − 0.13 | < 0.01c | − 0.14 | < 0.01c | − 0.28 | < 0.01c | − 0.26 | 0.01c | − 0.11 | 0.36 | −0.04 | 0.27 | −0.05 | 0.39 | 0.04 |
PRL + RPE | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.91 | −0.01 | 0.64 | 0.02 | 0.76 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 0.09 |
RPE | < 0.01c | 0.19 | < 0.01c | 0.23 | 0.01c | 0.12 | 0.01c | 0.11 | <.01c | .18 | <.01c | 0.23 | < 0.01c | 0.20 | < 0.01c | 0.21 |
Abbreviations: RT Retinal thickness, RNFL Retinal nerve fiber layer, GCL Ganglion cell layer, IPL Inner plexiform layer, INL Inner nuclear layer, OPL Outer plexiform layer, ONL Outer nuclear layer, PRL Photoreceptor layer, RPE Retinal pigment epithelium; IOP, Intraocular pressure
aPartial correlation coefficient after adjusting for spherical equivalent and IOP
bSimple linear regression analysis
cStatistically significant