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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 16.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar 31;103(1):88–93. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311586

Table 3.

Ordinal logistic regression analyses of predictors of optimal image quality

Variable Univariable ordinal logistic regression Multivariable ordinal logistic regression (significant terms only)
or 95% CI P values or 95% CI P values
Distance to the optic nerve head 0.89 0.79 to 1.00 0.05
Distance to the fovea 0.76 0.68 to 0.88 <0.001 0.78 0.68 to 0.90 0.005
Choroidal pigmentation
 Dark versus light 0.12 0.03 to 0.48 0.003 0.12 0.20 to 0.62 0.01
 Dark versus medium 0.31 0.13 to 0.77 0.01 1.11 0.39 to 3.32 0.86
 Medium versus light 0.37 0.09 to 1.48 0.16 0.11 0.02 to 0.65 0.01
Posterior pole location 3.87 1.60 to 9.40 0.003
Thickness measured using ultrasonography 0.44 0.20 to 0.96 0.04
Thickness measured using SS-OCT 1.00 1.00 to 1.00 0.84
Maximum diameter 0.73 0.61 to 0.87 <0.001 0.76 0.62 to 0.92 0.006

SS-OCT, swept-source optical coherence tomography; OR, odds ratio.