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. 2022 May 25;8:63. doi: 10.1038/s41531-022-00325-8

Table 2.

Relationships between retinal measures and MDS-UPDRS III, H-Y staging, non-motor symptoms in the PD patients.

OCT measures MDS-UPDRS III H-Y staging MMSE RBDQ-HK ESS HRS HAMD
Sβ p Sβ p Sβ p Sβ p Sβ p Sβ p Sβ p
pRNFL, μm
 Average −0.176 <0.001 −0.316 <0.001 0.106 0.035 −0.130 0.010 −0.006 0.913 0.087 0.085 −0.025 0.625
 Superior −0.033 0.515 −0.084 0.094 0.136 0.007 0.008 0.867 < 0.001 0.999 −0.004 0.938 −0.010 0.843
 Inferior −0.061 0.229 −0.089 0.075 −0.010 0.841 −0.063 0.214 0.040 0.435 0.054 0.288 0.033 0.522
 Nasal −0.042 0.401 −0.010 0.842 0.005 0.917 −0.025 0.628 0.078 0.125 −0.008 0.867 0.083 0.101
 Temporal −0.173 0.001 −0.265 <0.001 0.078 0.124 −0.079 0.120 −0.081 0.112 0.034 0.499 −0.090 0.077
macula, μm
 MRTa −0.330 <0.001 −0.378 <0.001 0.074 0.143 −0.250 <0.001 −0.131 0.009 0.080 0.116 −0.173 0.001
 mRNFLb −0.322 <0.001 −0.319 <0.001 0.105 0.045 −0.138 0.008 −0.123 0.019 0.078 0.138 −0.082 0.116
 GCLb −0.243 <0.001 −0.202 <0.001 0.117 0.025 −0.170 0.001 −0.121 0.020 0.186 <0.001 −0.178 0.001
 IPLb −0.239 <0.001 −0.250 <0.001 0.065 0.218 −0.185 <0.001 −0.169 0.001 0.103 0.049 −0.077 0.143
 INLb −0.271 <0.001 −0.226 <0.001 0.044 0.396 −0.158 0.002 −0.053 0.311 0.059 0.259 −0.122 0.020
 OPLb −0.009 0.858 0.235 <0.001 −0.021 0.693 0.051 0.326 −0.001 0.980 −0.056 0.288 −0.001 0.978
 ONLb −0.123 0.018 −0.071 0.175 0.012 0.823 −0.100 0.057 0.023 0.657 0.044 0.405 −0.069 0.185
 IS/OSb −0.024 0.644 −0.038 0.472 0.011 0.828 0.071 0.178 0.029 0.581 −0.068 0.195 0.023 0.661
outer segmentb −0.051 0.334 0.012 0.813 0.007 0.898 −0.027 0.605 0.045 0.388 −0.090 0.085 −0.002 0.971
 OPRb −0.076 0.148 −0.059 0.259 0.114 0.029 −0.080 0.125 0.017 0.751 0.133 0.011 −0.041 0.431
 RPEb −0.028 0.598 −0.059 0.262 0.047 0.374 0.017 0.745 −0.060 0.254 0.049 0.352 0.001 0.983
 TMVb −0.310 <0.001 −0.314 <0.001 0.029 0.573 −0.199 <0.001 −0.143 0.005 0.154 0.002 −0.174 0.001

Significant results in bold. A linear regression analysis was used to assess the relationship between OCT measures and MDS-UPDRS III, H-Y staging, MMSE, RBD, ESS, HRS, and HAMD scores, which was adjusted for confounders of age, sex.

PD Parkinson’s Disease, Sβ Standardized regression coefficient, OCT optical coherence tomography, MDS-UPDRS III Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale III, H-Y Hoehn-Yahr, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, RBDQ-HK Rapid Eye Movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) questionnaire-Hong Kong, ESS Epworth sleepiness scale, HRS Hyposmia Rating Scale, HAMD Hamilton rating scale for depression, pRNFL peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer, MRT macular retina thickness, mRNFL macular retinal nerve fiber layer, GCL ganglion cell layer, IPL inner plexiform layer, INL inner nuclear layer, OPL outer plexiform layer, ONL outer nuclear layer, IS/OS inner segment/outer segment, OPR photoreceptor outer segment/retinal pigment epithelium, RPE retinal pigment epithelium, TMV total macular volume.

aMRT: the full thickness of retina from internal limiting membrane (ILM) to retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

bHigh-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) measures (mm) are the average of nine subfields of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study grid centered at the fovea.