Table 3.
Macular and peripapillary choroidal thickness as measured with swept-source deep range imaging optical coherence tomography Triton in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy subjects.
| Healthy controls | MS | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macular choroidal thickness | |||
| Inner ring | 278.85 (100.14) | 276.41 (86.10) | 0.855 |
| Outer ring | 261.41 (103.46) | 254.46 (79.69) | 0.038 |
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| Peripapillary choroidal thickness | |||
| Total | 172.44 (94.02) | 165.91 (83.22) | 0.603 |
| Quadrants (x4) | |||
| Superior | 193.73 (101.97) | 174.55 (79.61) | 0.140 |
| Nasal | 167.08 (87.91) | 164.66 (79.85) | 0.838 |
| Inferior | 153.01 (101.26) | 150.24 (98.71) | 0.844 |
| Temporal | 175.93 (97.12) | 174.20 (93.97) | 0.898 |
| Sectors (x6) | |||
| Superonasal | 194.70 (103.29) | 171.19 (78.79) | 0.072 |
| Superotemporal | 196.39 (106.92) | 179.33 (82.15) | 0.208 |
| Nasal | 167.61 (88.95) | 164.21 (80.33) | 0.777 |
| Inferonasal | 150.04 (100.58) | 147.76 (100.30) | 0.872 |
| Inferotemporal | 154.01 (103.59) | 151.39 (101.97) | 0.857 |
| Temporal | 175.93 (97.12) | 174.20 (93.97) | 0.898 |
All measurements are in microns. Each of the four macular areas in the 3 mm and 6 mm ring of the ETDRS are assembled into one unique inner and outer ring, due to elevated standard deviation. Bold letters indicate statistical significance. MS, multiple sclerosis.