Table 4.
Region | Vessel type | Mean vessel width (mm ± SE) | The difference from mean HV baseline vessel width in mm (95% CI) | ||
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Healthy volunteers | Participants with MS | ||||
OS | OD | OS | OD | ||
Temporal inferior | Artery | 0.095 ± 0.002 | 0.096 ± 0.002 | − 0.003 (− 0.009, 0.003) | − 0.005 (− 0.011, 0.001) |
Vein | 0.114 ± 0.002 | 0.109 ± 0.002 | − 0.004 (− 0.009, 0.001) | + 0.001 (− 0.006, 0.007) | |
Temporal superior | Artery | 0.104 ± 0.002 | 0.104 ± 0.002 | − 0.003 (− 0.008, 0.003) | − 0.002 (− 0.007, 0.004) |
Vein | 0.118 ± 0.003 | 0.118 ± 0.002 | − 0.002 (− 0.009, 0.005) | 0 (− 0.006, 0.005) | |
Nasal inferior | Artery | 0.072 ± 0.002 | 0.070 ± 0.002 | − 0.005 (− 0.01, − 0.001)* | − 0.007 (− 0.012, − 0.002)* |
Vein | 0.084 ± 0.001 | 0.082 ± 0.002 | − 0.005 (− 0.01, 0) | − 0.005 (− 0.01, 0)* | |
Nasal superior | Artery | 0.079 ± 0.001 | 0.077 ± 0.001 | − 0.001 (− 0.005, 0.003) | − 0.003 (− 0.007, 0.001) |
Vein | 0.092 ± 0.001 | 0.092 ± 0.002 | − 0.003 (− 0.007, 0.001) | − 0.004 (− 0.009, 0) |
The difference in mean arterial and venous width for MS participants when compared to the baseline vessel width of healthy volunteers using an unpaired samples Student’s t-test, in four quadrants.
SE, Standard error; CI, Confidence interval; OS, Left eye; OD, Right eye.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.