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. 2021 Mar 25;10(4):260. doi: 10.3390/biology10040260

Table 5.

The thickness of the pRNFL and of selected macular layer subfields correlate with the presence of glaucoma.

Sector/Subfield Coefficient 95% CI OR R2 p-Value 1 AUC 95% CI
Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (pRNFL)
Multivariate logistic regression
All sectors 0.39 <0.0001 0.83 0.71–0.96
Univariate logistic regression
Superior −0.12 −0.20–−0.057 0.89 0.30 0.0011 0.75 0.60–0.90
Temporal superior (TS) −0.046 −0.080–−0.020 0.96 0.21 0.0021 0.67 0.51–0.83
Nasal superior (NS) −0.047 −0.080–−0.023 0.95 0.26 0.0010 0.72 0.57–0.88
Nasal −0.029 −0.055–−0.0066 0.97 0.11 0.0169 0.61 0.44–0.78
Inferior −0.035 −0.076–0.0025 0.97 0.054 0.077 0.63 0.47–0.79
Nasal inferior (NI) −0.076 −0.13–−0.039 0.93 0.33 0.0005 0.81 0.69–0.93
Temporal superior (TI) −0.042 −0.071–−0.017 0.96 0.18 0.0023 0.73 0.59–0.88
Temporal −0.067 −0.11–−0.034 0.94 0.33 0.0007 0.81 0.69–0.93
Superior −0.053 −0.11–−0.0054 0.95 0.079 0.0429 0.64 0.48–0.80
mRNFL-GCL-IPL
multivariate logistic regression
Superior and inferior
subfields (S1, S2, I1, I2)
0.42 <0.0001 0.85 0.73–0.97
Macular retinal nerve fibre layer (mRNFL)
Univariate logistic regression
Inner superior (S1) −0.027 −0.14–0.016 0.97 0.010 0.31 0.53 0.36–0.70
Outer superior (S2) −0.11 −0.20–−0.028 0.90 0.13 0.0048 0.64 0.47–0.82
Inner inferior (I1) −0.028 −0.14–0.011 0.91 0.013 0.25 0.54 0.37–0.70
Outer inferior (I2) −0.090 −017–−0.027 0.91 0.14 0.0030 0.68 0.52–0.84
Ganglion cell layer (GCL)
Univariate logistic regression
Inner superior (S1) −0.11 −0.20–−0.045 0.89 0.18 0.0006 0.74 0.60–0.89
Outer superior (S2) −0.22 −0.37–−0.091 0.8 0.19 0.0004 0.71 0.57–0.86
Inner inferior (I1) −0.098 −0.17–−0.039 0.91 0.17 0.0009 0.75 0.60–0.89
Outer inferior (I2) −0.2 −0.35–−0.084 0.81 0.19 0.0005 0.76 0.62–0.89
Inner plexiform layer (IPL)
Univariate logistic regression
Inner superior (S1) −0.12 −0.25–−0.026 0.88 0.096 0.0126 0.66 0.51–0.80
Outer superior (S2) −0.19 −0.37–−0.033 0.83 0.086 0.0173 0.67 0.52–0.83
Inner inferior (I1) −0.11 −0.22–−0.030 0.89 0.11 0.0072 0.67 0.50–0.84
Outer inferior (I2) −0.17 −0.34–−0.022 0.84 0.08 0.0233 0.68 0.53–0.83

1p-values for the coefficient of the log-likelihood ratio test of logistic regression analysis, statistically significant when p < 0.05 (bold, underlined). Abbreviations: 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; OR: odds’ ratio; R2: Tjur’s pseudo R2 factor; AUC: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.