Table 3.
AF Pattern Category |
Retinal Sensitivity, Mean ± SEM, dB |
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Group 2, n = 34 |
Group 3, n = 12 |
Group Comparisons* P Value |
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SW-AF |
NIR-AF |
P Value |
SW-AF |
NIR-AF |
P Value |
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No pattern (NP) | 22.20 ± 0.65 | 22.55 ± 0.64 | 0.026 | 09.83 ± 3.46 | 09.83 ± 3.46 | 1.000 | <0.001 |
Granular pattern (P1) | 16.96 ± 0.98 | 19.44 ± 0.81 | 0.006 | 05.60 ± 0.20 | 7.27 ± 2.72 | 0.103 | <0.001 |
Flecks of increased AF (P2) | 12.55 ± 1.07 | — | — | 3.84 ± 1.66 | — | — | <0.001 |
Flecks of decreased AF (P3) | 6.93 ± 1.04 | 12.22 ± 0.93 | <0.001 | 1.46 ± 0.97 | 04.25 ± 1.74 | 0.077 | <0.001 |
Irregular dark pattern (P4) | 3.23 ± 0.84 | 02.65 ± 0.55 | 0.514 | 0.08 ± 0.08 | 00.10 ± 0.07 | 0.445 | <0.001 |
Atrophic lesions (AL) | 0.18 ± 0.09 | 00.24 ± 0.11 | 0.058 | 0.06 ± 0.06 | 00.00 ± 0.00 | 0.339 | 0.113 |