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. 2022 Feb 25;70(3):879–889. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1989_21

Table 2.

Baseline superficial and deep macular and radial peripapillary capillary vessel density, foveal avascular zone, and optic nerve head parameters of caffeine and placebo group

Caffeine Group (n=60) Placebo Group (n=60) P
Superficial Macular Vessel Density (VD) (%)
 wiVD 53.00 (52.05-53.97) 52.75 (51.02-53.90) 0.278
 Sup hemi VD 52.90 (52.00-53.77) 53.20 (52.02-54.60) 0.271
 Inf hemi VD 53.30 (52.20-54.20) 53.20 (51.22-54.55) 0.485
 Fovea 22.14±6.78 23.24±7.05 0.386*
 Parafovea 55.95 (54.67-57.30) 56.00 (54.65-58.02) 0.522
  Para sup hemi 55.85±2.64 56.22±3.13 0.915*
  Para inf hemi 56.15 (54.40-57.00) 56.00 (54.47-58.02) 0.596
  Para superior 56.75 (55.02-58.50) 56.80 (54.90-59.30) 0.611
  Para nasal 55.10 (53.70-56.57) 55.40 (53.02-57.60) 0.733
  Para inferior 56.50 (55.50-58.00) 56.80 (55.00-58.77) 0.793
  Para temporal 55.65 (53.62-57.27) 56.05 (53.82-57.82) 0.490
 Perifovea 53.90 (52.70-54.67) 53.72 (51.94-54.89) 0.637
  Peri sup hemi 53.80 (52.80-54.67) 53.40 (51.70-55.15) 0.416
  Peri inf hemi 54.00 (52.90-54.90) 54.05 (51.87-56.05) 0.906
  Peri superior 53.95 (52.30-55.25) 53.70 (52.45-55.15) 0.669
  Peri nasal 57.65 (56.22-58.60) 57.80 (55.62-59.77) 0.620
  Peri inferior 54.00 (52.60-55.62) 54.50 (52.37-56.32) 0.490
  Peri temporal 50.40 (49.25-51.65) 50.60 (48.82-52.70) 0.285
Deep Macular Vessel Density (VD)(%)
 wiVD 59.50 (56.15-61.47) 59.30 (55.85-62.75) 0.551
 Sup hemi VD 58.90 (56.52-61.30) 58.05 (53.42-60.65) 0.078
 Inf hemi VD 59.80 (56.30-61.55) 59.90 (55.52-63.47) 0.372
 Fovea 40.90 (36.15-47.27) 40.70 (35.62-47.15) 0.867
 Parafovea 60.95 (58.55-62.07) 61.10 (57.82-62.97) 0.700
  Para sup hemi 61.10 (58.85-62.40) 61.15 (57.50-63.05) 0.773
  Para inf hemi 61.30 (58.82-62.37) 60.90 (57.70-63.40) 0.914
  Para superior 60.55 (58.42-62.10) 60.25 (57.02-62.30) 0.673
  Para nasal 62.35 (60.42-63.57) 62.10 (58.75-63.77) 0.426
  Para inferior 60.15 (58.02-61.60) 58.45 (55.40-61.52) 0.052
  Para temporal 61.60 (59.82-62.75) 61.90 (58.80-63.50) 0.648
 Perifovea 61.55 (57.95-63.10) 61.10 (57.42-64.97) 0.497
  Peri sup hemi 60.95 (58.00-62.90) 59.45 (54.55-62.47) 0.051
  Peri inf hemi 61.50 (58.35-63.70) 61.85 (56.67-65.60) 0.224
  Peri superior 60.15 (57.92-63.27) 59.00 (54.75-62.67) 0.089
  Peri nasal 60.55 (57.50-63.37) 60.75 (54.62-64.27) 0.948
  Peri inferior 62.20 (58.77-64.65) 62.65 (57.37-66.35) 0.277
  Peri temporal 62.40 (59.67-63.20) 61.60 (58.25-64.85) 0.956
Radial peripapillary capillary vessel density (RPC VD)
 wpVD 50.48±2.06 50.70±2.06 0.564*
 iVD 53.32±3.74 53.97±4.09 0.367*
 ppVD average 53.00 (52.10-54.15) 53.85 (52.25-55.45) 0.138
 ppVD sup hemi 53.33±2.13 53.22±2.59 0.797*
 ppVD inf hemi 53.26±2.40 53.44±2.87 0.718*
 ppVD superior 53.30±2.70 53.20±3.21 0.854*
 ppVD nasal 50.00 (48.25-52.00) 51.00 (48.00-52.00) 0.581
 ppVD inferior 55.00 (53.25-57.00) 54.00 (50.25-57.00) 0.092
 ppVD temporal 56.00 (53.00-57.75) 55.00 (53.00-57.00) 0.455
Foveal avscular zone (FAZ) parameters
 FAZ area (mm2) 0.27±0.09 0.30±0.12 0.097*
 FAZ perimeter (mm) 2.06 (1.71-2.23) 2.07 (1.86-2.36) 0.265
 FD-300 57.05 (54.58-60.49) 56.48 (54.10-59.77) 0.229

wiVD: whole image vessel density, para: parafovea, peri: perifovea, sup hemi: superior hemifield, inf hemi: inferior hemifield, wpVD: whole papillary vessel density, İVD: inside disk vessel density, ppVD: peripapillary vessel density, FD: FAZ density. *Student t-test was used for comparison, Mann-Whitney U test used for comparisons