Clinical Study

Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Chiari I Malformation

Table 4

CMI patients with syringomyelia (Group B) versus healthy subject (Group D) OCT parameters, LE.

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

RNFL 107,667 (8,287)108,000 (10,770)0.953
Superior quadrant 116,333 (12,972)128,167 (13,152)0.148
Subfield 11 138,500 (24,263)132,333 (21,172)0.649
Subfield 12 111,167 (21,830)122,500 (18,641)0.356
Subfield 199,333 (19,906)129,667 (14,501)0.013*
Temporal quadrant 68,667 (16,549)88,500 (13,664)0.047*
Subfield 2 76,333 (27,478)95,000 (15,192)0.176
Subfield 3 58,167 (17,116)76,667 (23,441)0.150
Subfield 4 71,000 (8,246)93,833 (15,433)0.010*
Inferior quadrant 134,500 (14,139)128,667 (19,242)0.563
Subfield 5142,833 (26,828)148,333 (28,794)0.739
Subfield 6148,500 (11,777)134,667 (31,747)0.341
Subfield 7 112,333 (24,712)103,167 (18,946)0.487
Nasal quadrant 106,833 (29,668)86,833 (12,287)0.060
Subfield 8103,167 (28,435)81,833 (15,562)0.138
Subfield 9100,500 (32,042)76,500 (8,361)0.030**
Subfield 10116,500 (34,309)102,333 (15,744)0.700

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