Research Article

Spectral Domain and Angiography Optical Coherence Tomography in Parkinson’s Disease: Structural And Vascular Changes in the Retina Correlate with Disease Severity and Progression

Table 3

Correlations between motor and non-motor symptoms and ophthalmological data.

VD-SCP^VD-DCP^FAZ^^CC^RCP^GCC§th-RNFL§SFCT§

Age-0.617/0.001°-0.483/0.017-0.210/0.324-0.249/0.240-0.397/0.055-0-370/0.069-0.138/0.519-0.364/0.080
Age at onset-0.539/0.007-0.383/0.060-0.149/0.487-0.195/0.361-0.254/0.231-0.254/0.232-0.060/0.782-0.309/0.142
UPDRS-III-0.349/0.095-0.428/0.037-0.373/0.073-0.356/0.088-0.108/0.616-0.108/0.616-0.089/0.679-0.071/0.741
UPDRS-IV-0.572/0.180-0.153/0.744-0.420/0.348-0.552/0.199-0.416/0.353-0.088/0.851-0.685/0.089-0.776/0.040
HY-0.352/0.092-0.152/0.477-0.622/0.001-0.133/0.534-0.094/0.662-0.113/0.597-0.550/0.005-0.035/0.872
SCOPA-AUT-0.065/0.762-0.406/0.049-0.182/0.394-0.230/0.279-0.293/0.164-0.385/0.063-0.025/0.908-0.071/0.743
HAM-A-0.275/0.254-0.315/0.288-0.392/0.097-0.193/0.429-0.060/0.806-0.292/0.225-0.597/0.007-0.023/0.925
ESS-0.188/0.380-0.353/0.090-0.407/0.048-0.193/0.3670.055/0.7980.277/0.224-0.090/0.677-0.025/0.908
PSF-16-0.451/0.027-0.700/<0.001-0.175/0.413-0.229/0.282-0.216/0.3100.149/0.486-0.416/0.043-0.090/0.675

VD: vascular density; SCP: superficial capillary plexus: DCP: deep capillary plexus; FAZ: foveal avascular zone; CC: choriocapillaris; RCP: radial peripapillary capillary; GCC: ganglion cell complex; th-RNFL: thickness of retinal nerve fiber layer; SFCT: subfoveal choroidal thickness; UPDRS-III: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale section III; UPDRS-IV: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale section IV; HY: Hoehn and Yahr scale; SCOPA-AUT: Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease-Autonomic Dysfunction; HAM-A: Hamilton Anxiety Scale; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale; PSF-16: Parkinson’s Disease Fatigue Scale-16. ^%; ^^mm; §μm; Pearson’s coefficient; ° value. Significant values are in bold.