Clinical Study

Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Chiari I Malformation

Table 2

CMI patients (Group A) versus healthy subject (Group C) OCT parameters, LE.

Variables Average (µ)Average (µ) value
Standard deviation Group AStandard deviation Group C

RNFL 98,563 (10,09)98,563 (10,099)0.007*
Superior quadrant 119,688 (16,756)127,438 (15,900)0.035**
Subfield 11 121,500 (38,346)131,375 (26,051)0.800
Subfield 12 125,688 (23,431)124,125 (19,280)0.838
Subfield 1107,125 (16,721)126,813 (25,079)0.014*
Temporal quadrant 65,813 (10,381)85,563 (10,381)0.0003*
Subfield 2 74,375 (11,960)95,875 (16,358)0.0002*
Subfield 3 52,750 (9,356)74,375 (18,319)0.0002*
Subfield 4 70,188 (13,905)85,500 (19,375)0.017*
Inferior quadrant 118,813 (14,616)134,938 (20,780)0.017*
Subfield 5131,438 (22,091)142,313 (28,109)0.233
Subfield 6124,063 (26,839)147,188 (35,309)0.046*
Subfield 7 101,625 (18,446)115,875 (36,138)0.170
Nasal quadrant 89,250 (25,104)93,188 (21,097)0.454
Subfield 879,688 (25,742)88,750 (18,109)0.259
Subfield 975,625 (22,295)80,250 (19,797)0.540
Subfield 10111,563 (32,356)104,250 (39,079)0.569

RNFL: retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in .
Group A: patient with CMI.
Group C: healthy subjects.
1–12: three subfields for each quadrant numbered clockwise.
*, -test.
**, Mann-Whitney test.