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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Ophthalmol. 2020 Mar 26;105(1):124–130. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315616

Table 4.

Influence of factors on temporal artery retinal blood flow

Univariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Factor Coefficient 95% CI P value Coefficient 95% CI P value

Age, per year −0.01 −0.08 to 0.06 0.781
Gender, female 0.68 0.12 to 1.24 0.018 0.73 −0.22 to 1.68 0.129
Axial length, mm −0.67 −1.12, to 0.21 0.005 −0.22 −0.61 to 0.17 0.263
IOP, mm Hg −0.02 −0.23 to 0.19 0.194
SBP, mm Hg 0.03 −0.05 to 0.07 0.855
DBP, mm Hg 0.01 −0.05 to 0.06 0.783
MOPP, mm Hg 0.01 −0.07 to 0.10 0.738
HR, beats/min −0.01 −0.07 to 0.06 0.972
Hypertension 0.40 −0.34 to 1.14 0.284
RS, dB 0.39 0.24 to 0.54 <0.001 −0.03 −0.21 to 0.16 0.781
RNFLT*, per 10 μm 0.61 0.46 to 0.76 <0.001 0.33 0.05 to 0.60 0.021
GCCT, per 10 μm 1.11 0.77 to 1.45 <0.001 0.07 −0.37 to 0.51 0.747
Group
 Healthy hemisphere Reference Reference
 Normal hemisphere −2.54 −3.64 to 1.43 <0.001 −1.70 −2.87 to 0.52 <0.001
 Damaged hemisphere −4.79 −5.90 to 3.68 <0.001 −2.94 −4.61 to 1.26 0.005

Boldface indicates statistically significant difference.

*

Measured in superior (46°–135°) and inferior (226°–315°) quadrants.

IOP, intraocular pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; MOPP, mean ocular perfusion pressure; HR, heart rate; RS, retinal sensitivity; RNFLT, retinal never fibre layer thickness; GCCT, ganglion cell complex thickness.