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. 2022 Aug 15;13:918393. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.918393

TABLE 3.

Comparison of the retinal vascular density and choriocapillaris perfusion area of more myopic and contralateral eyes.

MM Contralateral P
Superficial vascular complex density (%) 1 7.26 ± 2.87 6.89 ± 2.63 0.623 b
3S 29.43 ± 7.10 27.38 ± 5.61 0.131 a
3T 24.33 ± 5.74 23.29 ± 5.30 0.327 a
3I 29.05 ± 7.71 27.93 ± 5.10 0.458 a
3N 27.79 ± 6.53 25.99 ± 6.32 0.202 a
6S 32.85 ± 6.46 33.24 ± 4.06 0.367 b
6T 24.03 ± 4.41 23.22 ± 3.75 0.348 b
6I 30.90 ± 6.58 32.21 ± 4.55 0.223 a
6N 40.00 ± 9.05 40.03 ± 7.17 0.986 a
Deep vascular complex density (%) 1 10.81 ± 7.13 10.10 ± 5.92 0.879 a
3S 31.64 ± 12.03 31.46 ± 9.90 0.935 b
3T 32.42 ± 11.82 31.85 ± 10.83 0.701 a
3I 33.17 ± 11.61 30.95 ± 10.84 0.416 a
3N 35.09 ± 10.89 33.29 ± 9.17 0.408 b
6S 34.19 ± 11.08 35.20 ± 9.03 0.662 a
6T 38.63 ± 12.23 34.49 ± 12.67 0.091 a
6I 33.63 ± 11.55 32.50 ± 9.39 0.636 a
6N 35.77 ± 11.80 35.43 ± 9.53 0.636 a
Choriocapillaris perfusion area (mm2) 1 0.47 ± 0.13 0.44 ± 0.14 0.225 b
3S 0.78 ± 0.19 0.74 ± 0.18 0.265 b
3T 0.74 ± 0.22 0.72 ± 0.20 0.640 b
3I 0.77 ± 0.20 0.72 ± 0.15 0.222 b
3N 0.73 ± 0.20 0.70 ± 0.18 0.467 b
6S 2.75 ± 0.53 2.70 ± 0.40 0.598 a
6T 2.67 ± 0.73 2.62 ± 0.60 0.733 b
6I 2.68 ± 0.62 2.53 ± 0.45 0.227 b
6N 2.52 ± 0.62 2.49 ± 0.50 0.807 b
a

p value determined by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

b

p value determined by the paired t-test.

Significant p values (p < 0.05) are in bold.

1: central macular-foveal region; 3: parafoveal macular region; 6: perifoveal macular region; MM: more myopic; T: temporal; N: nasal; S: superior; I: inferior.