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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
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 <0.001a
Left average RNFL 104.42 ± 9.35 120.65 ± 3.70 13.03 19.42 <0.001a
Right superior RNFL 104.07 ± 9.06 116.82 ± 21.80 5.25 20.23 0.001a
Left superior RNFL 106.00 ± 11.69 118.42 ± 21.62 4.64 20.19 0.002a
Right inferior RNFL 106.49 ± 10.94 115.77 ± 20.02 2.06 16.49 0.013a
Left inferior RNFL 105.35 ± 10.07 116.64 ± 21.69 3.72 18.87 0.004a
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 0.005a
Left temporal RNFL 79.76 ± 10.48 86.10 ± 9.93 1.79 10.89 0.007a

RNFL retinal nerve fiber layer

aP-value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant