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. 2019 Mar 29;33(12):1852–1858. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0403-5

Table 1.

Comparison between patients and controls with regard to age, sex, and RNFL thickness

	Patients N:40	Controls N:40		95% Confidence interval		P-value
	Mean ± SD	Mean	SD	Lower	Upper	P-value
Age (years)	30.90 ± 9.31	32.85 ± 8.77		−2.08	5.98	0.338
Sex (male:female)	21:19	23:17		—	—	0.653
Right average RNFL	104.24 ± 7.63	121.35 ± 3.98		14.39	19.84	<0.001^a
Left average RNFL	104.42 ± 9.35	120.65 ± 3.70		13.03	19.42	<0.001^a
Right superior RNFL	104.07 ± 9.06	116.82 ± 21.80		5.25	20.23	0.001^a
Left superior RNFL	106.00 ± 11.69	118.42 ± 21.62		4.64	20.19	0.002^a
Right inferior RNFL	106.49 ± 10.94	115.77 ± 20.02		2.06	16.49	0.013^a
Left inferior RNFL	105.35 ± 10.07	116.64 ± 21.69		3.72	18.87	0.004^a
Right nasal RNFL	80.32 ± 9.15	84.20 ± 10.49		−0.52	8.26	0.082
Left nasal RNFL	82.25 ± 9.49	84.37 ± 7.12		−1.61	5.86	0.262
Right temporal RNFL	83.14 ± 9.78	89.27 ± 9.23		1.90	10.37	0.005^a
Left temporal RNFL	79.76 ± 10.48	86.10 ± 9.93		1.79	10.89	0.007^a

RNFL retinal nerve fiber layer

^aP-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant