Table 2.

Automatic measurements and comparisons of inner and outer retinal layers of the macula by SD-OCT software at hospital admission and after recovery, compared with age- and gender-matched healthy controls

Retinal layers characteristics	At hospital admission (mean ± SD)	After recovery¥ (mean ± SD)	Healthy controls (mean ± SD)	p value*
Macula OCT images’ quality scores	24.1 ± 2.8	24.3 ± 2.7	24.5 ± 2.9	0.679
Central macular thickness, µm	276.2 ± 24.0	272.4 ± 23.5	269.8 ± 24.6	0.285
Retina nerve fiber layer, µm	12.9 ± 2.6	12.8 ± 2.6	12.8 ± 2.8	0.798
Ganglion cell layer, µm	16.5 ± 5.4	16.4 ± 5.2	16.6 ± 8.3	0.983
Inner plexiform layer, µm	21.4 ± 4.9	21.1 ± 4.4	21.1 ± 5.0	0.933
Inner nuclear layer, µm	22.6 ± 5.6	22.6 ± 8.1	22.4 ± 6.7	0.970
Outer plexiform layer, µm	29.6 ± 8.8	26.5 ± 5.8	25.8 ± 6.3	0.004
Outer nuclear layer, µm	86.9 ± 12.3	86.6 ± 9.1	85.7 ± 11.4	0.791
Retinal pigment epithelium, µm	16.6 ± 1.4	16.7 ± 1.5	16.7 ± 2.9	0.979
Inner retinal layer, µm	189.3 ± 23.6	184.9 ± 22.2	184.2 ± 23.2	0.366
Outer retinal layer, µm	86.7 ± 3.7	86.6 ± 5.1	85.7 ± 3.8	0.286

^¥At the third month of follow-up

^*One-way analysis of variance (statistically significant p values is shown in italic font)