Table 5.

Main effect parameters (posterior mean, 95% credible interval and MCMCp-values) from a bivariate Generalized Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) investigating variation in choroidal thickness and modified Clinical Age-Related Maculopathy Staging (CARMS) category with respect to age, sex, and refraction.

Trait	Posterior mean	95% CI	MCMCp-value
Choroidal thickness intercept (females)	476.1	446.2 – 504.4	<0.001
CARMS category intercept (females)	−11.3	−13.6 - 9.1	<0.001
Choroidal thickness: age	−3.4	−3.8 - 3.0	<0.001
CARMS category: age	0.17	0.1 – 0.2	<0.001
Choroidal thickness: males	−8.6	−17.1– −0.5	0.04
CARMS category: males	0	−0.6 – 0.6	0.91
Choroidal thickness: refraction	6.0	3.5 – 8.3	<0.001