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. 2022 Jan 10;36(5):963–968. doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01883-6

Table 2.

Retinal layer thickness at the fovea, and at the parafovea 1000 microns nasal and temporal to the fovea (Mean ± SD). P value calculated using Student’s T-Test. Only right eyes assessed.

Retinal Layer Down Syndrome Cohort Normative Data (μm) P value Significant after Bonferroni correction
Fovea
Foveal RNFL 6.0 ± 7.1 0.0 ± 0.0 0.019
Foveal GCL 31.9 ± 25.1 0.1 ± 0.5 0.002 *
Foveal IPL 30.8 ± 11.7 3.4 ± 5.2 0.017
Foveal INL 20.5 ± 11.0 1.0 ± 2.1 <0.001 *
Foveal OPL 18.5 ± 12.1 4.6 ± 4.9 0.009
Foveal ONL 112.8 ± 17.1 99.5 ± 11.9 0.053
Foveal IS 36.0 ± 8.5 33.8 ± 4.0 0.598
Foveal OS 35.8 ± 4.9 32.4 ± 6.4 0.216
Foveal RPE 24.7 ± 9.7 17.5 ± 3.9 0.058
Foveal Retinal Thickness 255.1 ± 66.1 206.6 ± 13.6 0.036
Nasal parafovea
Parafoveal RNFL 33.4 ± 10.8 12.6 ± 3.5 <0.0001 *
Parafoveal GCL 101.9 ± 25.4 53.7 ± 9.6 <0.0001 *
Parafoveal IPL 53.7 ± 6.6 44.6 ± 11.6 0.1892
Parafoveal INL 55.5 ± 7.9 49.4 ± 7.7 0.0308
Parafoveal OPL 44.2 ± 10.0 34.9 ± 16.2 0.0917
Parafoveal ONL 43.8 ± 18.2 68.4 ± 18.6 0.0004 *
Parafoveal IS 37.9 ± 9.6 27.8 ± 3.9 0.0001 *
Parafoveal OS 31.1 ± 8.5 14.6 ± 4.7 <0.0001 *
Parafoveal RPE 18.6 ± 8.4 18.4 ± 3.9 0.8973
Parafoveal Retinal Thickness 378.4 ± 8.3 342.3 ± 14.5 0.0001 *
Temporal parafovea
Parafoveal RNFL 22.8 ± 9.5 6.6 ± 2.8 <0.0001 *
Parafoveal GCL 90.7 ± 24.9 48.0 ± 11.0 0.0001 *
Parafoveal IPL 43.3 ± 21.6 42.3 ± 10.9 0.8819
Parafoveal INL 50.9 ± 7.5 46.0 ± 6.4 0.061
Parafoveal OPL 35.7 ± 17.1 27.6 ± 10.5 0.0802
Parafoveal ONL 70.1 ± 26.6 73.8 ± 14.3 0.6275
Parafoveal IS 32.5 ± 9.2 29.6 ± 3.6 0.1674
Parafoveal OS 32.2 ± 10.1 14.0 ± 5.0 <0.0001 *
Parafoveal RPE 22.5 ± 4.4 17.7 ± 4.0 0.0091
Parafoveal Retinal Thickness 361.5 ± 26.9 326.1 ± 13.9 0.0002 *