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. 2021 Aug 19;11:16808. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96304-9

Table 2.

Ocular factors and FAZ parameters of OCTA in non-high myopia (lower quartile) and high myopia (upper quartile) groups.

Variables Non-high myopia (n = 26) High myopia (n = 27) P Value
Axial length (mm) 24.0 ± 0.9 (22.09 to 25.02) 27.4 ± 0.4 (26.86 to 28.11)  < 0.001
Spherical equivalent (diopter)  − 2.3 ± 1.6 (− 5.25  to − 0.25)  − 8.1 ± 2.1 (− 12.125 to  − 6.25)  < 0.001
Central corneal thickness (μm) 539.65 ± 34.58 (490 to 594) 554.81 ± 32.71 (498 to 603) 0.908
Foveal thickness (μm) 247.73 ± 13.55 (214 to 267) 252.74 ± 22.13 (209 to 297) 0.200
Parafoveal thickness (μm) 315.19 ± 12.97 (296 to 342) 311.33 ± 13.49 (287 to 343) 0.323
Subfoveal choroidal thickness (μm) 317.88 ± 49.50 (182  to 393) 203.11 ± 90.54 (80 to 371)  < 0.001
Area of superficial FAZ (mm2) 0.3 ± 0.08 (0.18 to 0.52) 0.43 ± 0.22 (0.20 to 1.15) 0.024
Area of deep FAZ (mm2) 0.45 ± 0.12 (0.23 to 0.68) 0.66 ± 0.25 (0.33 to 1.36)  < 0.001
Perimeter of superficial FAZ (mm) 2.9 ± 0.46 (2.05 to 4.08) 3.47 ± 1.41 (2.06 to 8.60) 0.122
Perimeter of deep FAZ (mm) 3.96 ± 0.71 (2.79 to 5.62) 4.87 ± 1.41 (2.82 to 8.93) 0.005
Circularity index of superficial FAZ 0.48 ± 0.10 (0.29 to 0.67) 0.48 ± 0.12 (0.20 to 0.67) 0.873
Circularity index of deep FAZ 0.37 ± 0.06 (0.23 to 0.46) 0.36 ± 0.09 (0.20 to 0.56) 0.423
Acircularity index of superficial FAZ 1.47 ± 0.17 (1.22 to 1.85) 1.49 ± 0.24 (1.22 to 2.27) 0.873
Acircularity index of deep FAZ 1.67 ± 0.17 (1.47 to 2.11) 1.69 ± 0.21 (1.33 to 2.26) 0.423
Axial ratio of superficial FAZ 1.24 ± 0.19 (1.03 to 1.92) 1.21 ± 0.20 (1.01 to 1.70) 0.310
Axial ratio of deep FAZ 1.18 ± 0.13 (1.01 to 1.48) 1.24 ± 0.17 (1.02 to 1.65) 0.179
Major axis length of superficial FAZ (mm) 0.78 ± 0.11 (0.55 to 1.01) 0.93 ± 0.34 (0.55 to 2.09) 0.065
Major axis length of deep FAZ (mm) 0.93 ± 0.15 (0.67 to 1.31) 1.13 ± 0.21 (0.82 to 1.71)  < 0.001
Minor axis length of superficial FAZ (mm) 0.64 ± 0.10 (0.44 to 0.87) 0.77 ± 0.26 (0.43 to 1.72) 0.012
Minor axis length of deep FAZ (mm) 0.79 ± 0.11 (0.60 to 1.02) 0.92 ± 0.15 (0.72 to 1.34) 0.003

FAZ foveal avascular zone.

Factors with statistical significance are shown in boldface.