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. 2022 Jan 6;33(4):453–460. doi: 10.4103/joco.joco_163_21

Table 2.

Comparison of visual acuity and optical coherence tomography angiography parameters between eyes with retinal vein occlusion and unaffected fellow eyes and between eyes with central retinal vein occlusion and eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion

RVO versus fellow eyes CRVO versus BRVO


RVO Fellow eyes P CRVO BRVO P
BCVA, logMAR 0.8±0.45 0.1±0.08 <0.001* 0.97±0.4 0.74±0.47 0.134
 Snellen visual acuity 20/125 20/25 20/160 20/100
Full slab FAZ area (mm2) 0.53±0.24 0.32±0.12 <0.001* 0.55±0.35 0.51±0.18 0.65
Superficial capillary plexus
 Area of the FAZ (mm2) 0.56±0.41 0.32±0.11 0.007* 0.61±0.6 0.46±0.18 0.57
 Foveal vascular density (%) 17.69±7.32 22.53±6.04 0.001* 15.07±7.05 18.09±7.26 0.17
 Parafoveal vascular density (%) 37.67±7.97 42.8±5.97 0.001* 32.33±8.83 40.11±6.32 0.013*
 Total vascular density (%) 35.36±7.38 40.28±5.73 0.001* 30.41±8.47 37.62±5.67 0.013*
 SD (%) 10.61±2.26 12.71±1.68 <0.001* 8.96±2.5 11.36±1.72 0.004*
 Fractal dimension 1.67±0.03 1.69±0.01 <0.001* 1.65±0.04 1.68±0.02 0.088
 Vessel density index 3.34±0.16 3.17±0.12 <0.001* 3.39±0.12 3.32±0.18 0.219
 Lacunarity 0.37±0.05 0.34±0.01 <0.001* 0.38±0.48 0.37±0.05 0.5
Deep capillary plexus
 Area of the FAZ (mm2) 0.89±0.62 0.43±0.14 0.006* 0.97±1.1 0.76±0.33 0.42
 Foveal vascular density (%) 13.09±8.08 18.59±9.74 0.002* 15.54±8.53 11.98±6.67 0.42
 Parafoveal vascular density (%) 44.5±8.09 63.01±11.65 <0.001* 39.21±7.59 46.98±7.21 0.002*
 Total vascular density (%) 40.97±7.35 59.5±4.8 <0.001* 36.38±6.78 43.08±6.72 0.003*
 SD (%) 11.95±2.32 17.81±1.52 <0.001* 10.46±1.91 12.63±2.20 0.005*
 Fractal dimension 1.65±0.03 1.70±0.02 <0.001* 1.63±0.05 1.66±0.04 0.063
 Vessel density index 3.44±0.17 3.34±0.06 0.003* 3.47±0.15 3.43±0.18 0.36
 Lacunarity 0.48±0.1 0.34±0.02 <0.001* 0.49±0.08 0.47±0.11 0.5

*Statistically significant value. Data are expressed as mean±SD. RVO: Retinal vein occlusion, BRVO: Branch RVO, CRVO: Central RVO, BCVA: Best corrected visual acuity, SD: Skeleton density, FAZ: Foveal avascular zone, SD: Standard deviation