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. 2020 May 12;61(5):14. doi: 10.1167/iovs.61.5.14

Table 4.

Differences in Parafoveal (0.5–1.5 mm From the Foveal Center) and Perifoveal (1.5–3.0 mm From the Foveal Center) Retinal Layer Thicknesses Between the Participants With Aniridia (n = 26) and Normal Controls

95% Confidence Interval 95% Confidence Interval
Retinal Layer Mean Difference (µm) Upper Lower P Value Mean Difference (µm) Upper Lower P Value
Nasal Parafovea Temporal Parafovea
Inner retinal layers (RNFL + GCL + IPL) −9.77 −4.69 −14.85 <0.001 −3.29 2.33 −8.91 0.25
Inner nuclear layer 5.45 10.62 0.28 0.039 2.40 8.12 −3.33 0.41
Outer plexiform layer 4.63 9.80 −0.54 0.079 1.39 7.12 −4.33 0.63
Outer retinal layers (ONL + IS + OS + RPE) −31.09 −26.09 −36.09 <0.001 −30.96 −25.43 −36.48 <0.001
Outer nuclear layer −21.55 −18.52 −24.58 <0.001 −26.33 −22.02 −30.65 <0.001
Nasal Perifovea
Temporal Perifovea
Inner retinal layers (RNFL + GCL + IPL) −16.91 −11.23 −22.59 <0.001 −6.65 −2.46 −10.84 0.002
Inner nuclear layer 2.69 8.49 −3.10 0.36 −0.28 3.98 −4.55 0.90
Outer plexiform layer 4.82 10.62 −0.97 0.10 1.45 5.72 −2.81 0.50
Outer retinal layers (ONL + IS + OS + RPE) −13.92 −8.33 −19.50 <0.001 −14.50 −10.31 −18.69 <0.001
Outer nuclear layer −11.28 −8.42 −14.13 <0.001 −15.45 −12.08 −18.82 <0.001

Outer nuclear thickness could only be calculated for a subset of the aniridia patients (n = 19). IS, inner segment.