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. 2017 Nov 30;96(4):e538–e539. doi: 10.1111/aos.13644

Table 1.

The macular thickness parameters in patients with homonymous hemianopia and normal controls, as measured by swept‐source optical coherence tomography (SS‐OCT) instruments (μm, Mean ± SD)

2 × 3 mm area 6 × 9 mm area 2 × 3 mm area 6 × 9 mm area
Hemianopic side of hemianopes Unaffected side of hemianopes Normal controls Hemianopic side of hemianopes Unaffected side of hemianopes Normal controls p valuea p valueb p valuea p valueb
mRNFL 24.3 ± 6.2 25.8 ± 4.2 28.5 ± 5.3 41.8 ± 9.4 42.2 ± 9.6 48.6 ± 33.3 0.0313 0.0018 0.2954 0.0042
GCL + IPL 63.7 ± 9.5 73.1 ± 7.9 82.8 ± 5.6 43.6 ± 2.7 45.0 ± 3.0 49.2 ± 15.6 0.0002 0.0001 0.0010 0.0001
GCC 86.9 ± 13.7 99.0 ± 11.4 111.4 ± 8.4 85.3 ± 10.0 87.1 ± 11.0 97.8 ± 32.3 0.0002 0.0001 0.0141 0.0001
Total 265.5 ± 13.7 273.2 ± 12.2 293.0 ± 14.6 222.9 ± 9.7 226.2 ± 14.6 240.5 ± 41.4 0.0010 0.0001 0.0872 0.0001

GCC = ganglion cell complex, GCL = ganglion cell layer, IPL = inner plexiform layer, mRNFL = macular retinal nerve fibre layer.

a

Comparison of the macular thickness parameters of the hemianopic side and the unaffected side (Wilcoxon signed‐ranks test).

b

Comparison of the macular thickness parameters of the hemianopic side in patients with homonymous hemianopia and normal eyes (Mann–Whitney U‐test).