Table 3.
Estimated Average Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thicknesses After Adjusting for Covariants
| Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness (µm), Group* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model | Control(n = 76) | Myopia(n = 52) | Diabetes(n = 82) | Diabetes + Myopia(n = 56) | P † | Post Hoc |
| 1 | 96.63 ± 1.35 (94.27–99.59) | 94.32 ± 1.61 (91.15–97.49) | 93.12 ± 1.29 (90.58–95.65) | 91.58 ± 1.71 (88.21–94.95) | 0.055 | |
| 2 | 96.74 ± 1.13 (94.51–98.97) | 94.72 ± 1.35 (92.07–97.37) | 92.71 ± 1.13 (90.48–94.94) | 92.03 ± 1.38 (89.32–94.74) | 0.012 | Control > diabetes, diabetes + myopia |
Model 1, adjustment for spherical equivalent; model 2, adjustment for axial length. Boldface values indicate statistically significant differences at P < 0.05.
*
Mean ± standard error (95% confidence interval).
†
ANCOVA using post hoc Bonferroni correction.