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. 2020 May 24;20:197. doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01379-z

Table 4.

Interocular symmetry of OCT measurements of GCL-IPL and mRNFL in healthy children (groups of spherical equivalent)

Absolute interocular difference (μm)
Absolute interocular difference of spherical equivalent
Whole sample (n = 124) SE as continuous variable Group < 0.75 D
(n = 110)
Group ≥ 0.75 D
(n = 14)
p value (Groups of SE)
Intercept (Standard Error) Regression coefficient (Standard Error) p value Mean (SD) p90 p95 Mean (SD) p90 p95
mRNFLa, Superior 1.248 (0.177) 0.655 (0.331) 0.050 1.36 (1.54) 3.00 3.50 2.25 (1.72) 5.00 5.50 0.047
mRNFL, Inferior 1.462 (0.171) 0.180 (0.321) 0.577 1.49 (1.48) 3.50 4.50 1.79 (1.76) 4.00 5.00 0.488
mRNFL, Total 0.889 (0.150) 0.530 (0.281) 0.061 0.97 (1.29) 2.00 2.50 1.75 (1.58) 4.00 5.00 0.040
GCL-IPLb, Superior 1.221 (0.264) 0.087 (0.495) 0.861 1.23 (2.44) 2.00 3.00 1.39 (1.15) 3.50 3.50 0.679
GCL-IPL, Inferior 1.053 (0.123) −0.202 (0.231) 0.383 0.98 (1.11) 2.00 2.50 1.04 (0.97) 2.50 3.50 0.863
GCL-IPL, Total 0.935 (0.182) 0.026 (0.342) 0.941 0.92 (1.68) 1.50 2.00 1.14 (0.91) 2.50 3.50 0.446

D Diopters, SD Standard deviation.

Note: amRNFL Macular retinal nerve fibre layer thickness, bGCL-IPL Macular ganglion cell layer-inner plexiform layer thickness