Table 4.

Comparison of arterial stiffness index among patients with RNFL loss according to RNFL loss location (superior or inferior).

	Superior RNFL Loss	Inferior RNFL Loss	P Value
Old (≥50 yrs)
N	43	26
CAVI	9.20 (±1.59)	8.46 (±1.32)	0.054*
ABI	1.03 (±0.12)	0.98 (±0.17)	0.212*
Abnormal CAVI, n (%)	26 (60.5%)	9 (34.6%)	0.037‡
Abnormal ABI, n(%)	7 (16.3%)	6 (23.1%)	0.484‡
Presence of carotid plaque, n (%)	17 (44.7%)	13 (54.2%)	0.469‡
Young (<50 yrs)
N	29	7
CAVI	7.45 (±1.23)	7.35 (±1.09)	0.843*
ABI	1.04 (±0.11)	1.04 (±0.08)	0.981*
Abnormal CAVI, n (%)	3 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0.374‡
Abnormal ABI, n(%)	2 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0.475‡
Presence of carotid plaque, n (%)	4 (14.3%)	1 (16.7%)	0.881‡

^*Student t-test.

^‡Chi-square test.

CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular index; ABI: ankle-brachial index.