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. 2020 Oct 5;11(11):6078–6092. doi: 10.1364/BOE.402331

Table 3. Associations between the cap structure and other parameters related to retinal vein occlusion-associated microaneurysms using adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscope examinations a .

Cap structure
Area size Present (n=38) Absent (n=33) P value*
R P value
Morphology (focal bulge/non-focal bulge; n) N.A. 1/37 13/20 <0.001
Caliber of associated vessel (μm) 0.102 0.057 14.6 ± 5.2 12.9 ± 3.4 0.142
Whole area (μm2) 0.811 <0.001 2921 ± 2791 1435 ± 841.3 0.005
Lumen area (μm2) 0.539 <0.001 1570 ± 1914 1435 ± 841.3 0.670
Intra-aneurysmal BCM -0.564 <0.001 1.15 ± 0.24 1.34 ± 0.29 <0.001
a

BCM = blood cell motion; *Comparison between perianeurysmal cap present group and absent group using unpaired t-test; The presence of perianeurysmal cap between each morphology, and the presence of fluorescence leakage were evaluated with the chi-square test.