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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2020 Jan 13;127(8):1043–1052. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.12.030

Table 4.

Results of Univariable Models Assessing the Effect of Each Putative Predictive Factor on Change of Whole Image Ganglion Cell Complex Thickness and Vessel Density Over Time

Healthy Pre-perimetric Glaucoma POAG

GCC Thickness Estimate (95% CI) P Value Estimate (95% CI) P Value Estimate (95% CI) P Value
Baseline Age, per year older −0.01 (−0.04, 0.01) 0.318 0.02 (−0.01,0.05) 0.257 0.01 (−0.01,0.02) 0.478
Race: Caucasian −0.06 (−0.63, 0.50) 0.829 −0.29 (−1.12, 0.53) 0.491 0.07 (−0.32, 0.46) 0.718
Gender: Male −0.36 (−0.91,0.20) 0.226 0.49 (−0.20, 1.18) 0.172 −0.14 (−0.52, 0.25) 0.496
Mean IOP, per 1mmHg higher −0.10 (−0.20,−0.01) 0.043 −0.16 (−0.22,−0.09) <0.001 −0.08 (−0.15, −0.02) 0.018
MD, per 1dB better −0.11 (−0.34,0.12) 0.356 0.07 (−0.11,0.26) 0.453 0.01 (−0.03, 0.06) 0.586
Overall QI, per 1 unit higher 0.04 (−0.26, 0.35) 0.778 −0.03 (−0.23, 0.17) 0.765 −0.12 (−0.27,0.03) 0.105
Vessel Density Estimate (95% CI) P Value Estimate (95% CI) P Value Estimate (95% CI) P Value
Baseline Age, per year older −0.00 (−0.03, 0.03) 0.807 −0.01 (−0.04, 0.02) 0.662 −0.01 (−0.03,0.01) 0.416
Race: Caucasian −0.23 (−0.91,0.46) 0.518 0.08 (−0.76, 0.93) 0.846 −0.32 (−0.82, 0.18) 0.213
Gender: Male −0.09 (−0.81,0.62) 0.800 −0.03 (−0.80, 0.73) 0.931 −0.41 (−0.90, 0.09) 0.110
Mean IOP, per 1mmHg higher 0.06 (−0.08, 0.20) 0.375 −0.05 (−0.14, 0.04) 0.283 0.05 (−0.04, 0.14) 0.285
MD, per 1dB better 0.16 (−0.14, 0.47) 0.289 0.15 (−0.03, 0.34) 0.116 0.06 (0.00,0.12) 0.037
Overall QI, per 1 unit higher 0.05 (−0.37, 0.47) 0.812 0.12 (−0.21,0.45) 0.472 0.26 (0.05, 0.47) 0.017

POAG = primary open angle glaucoma; GCC = ganglion cell complex; CI = confidence interval; IOP = intraocular pressure; MD = mean deviation; dB = decibels; QI = quality index.

Values with statistical significance are shown in bold.