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. 2021 Oct 20;8:758668. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.758668

Table 3.

Correlation analysis in functionally different MNV subgroups (VT cutoff 8.40).

Low-high MNV VT subgroups Parameter Speckled fluorescence (quadrants) MNV area/leakage area ratio Baseline BCVA Final BCVA Intravitreal injection number
Tau Kendall coeff. 0.356 0.299 −0.322 0.290 −0.449
p <0.001 =0.003 =0.002 =0.006 <0.001
Low-high MNV VT subgroups Parameter MNV VT Baseline CMT Final CMT VD DCP
Tau Kendall coeff. 0.700 −0.343 −0.291 −0.283
p <0.001 <0.008 =0.01 =0.005
MNV type (Type 1, Mixed, Type 2) Parameter MNV area MNV area/leakage area ratio Baseline CMT Final CMT
Tau Kendall coeff. −0.319 −0.373 0.377 0.273
p =0.004 =0.002 <0.001 =0.006
Leakage area Parameter MNV Area VD CC
Tau Kendall coeff. 0.705 −0.281
p <0.001 =0.003
MNV area Parameter VD CC
Tau Kendall coeff. −0.250
p =0.003
MNV area/leakage area ratio Parameter Intravitreal injection number MNV VT Baseline CMT Final CMT VD DCP
Tau Kendall coeff. −0.337 0.346 −0.336 −0.291 −0.257
p =0.008 <0.001 <0.001 =0.004 =0.005
MNV VT Parameter Baseline exudation Baseline CMT Final CMT VD DCP
Tau Kendall coeff. −0.326 −0.256 −0.303 −0.297
p =0.009 =0.002 =0.004 =0.005
VD DCP Parameter Speckled fluorescence (quadrants) Baseline exudation Final exudation Baseline CMT Final CMT
Tau Kendall coeff. −0.241 0.198 0.315 0.246 0.296
p =0.004 =0.008 =0.005 =0.004 =0.004

MNVs were divided in accordance with a VT cutoff value of 8.40. MNV, macular neovascularization; BCVA, best-corrected visual acuity; CMT, central macular thickness; VT, vessel tortuosity; VD, vessel density; DCP, deep capillary plexus; CC, choriocapillaris.