The Size of the Foveal Avascular Zone Is Associated with Foveal Thickness and Structure in Premature Children

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients with retinopathy of prematurity, preterm children without retinopathy of prematurity, and control subjects.

	Treated-ROP ()	Preterm without ROP ()	Control ()	value
Age (years)	10.0 ± 1.57	10.0 ± 2.87	9.41 ± 2.40	0.26^a
Sex (male/female)	8/6	6/11	12/29	0.19^a
Visual acuity (logMAR)	−0.038 ± 0.093	−0.14 ± 0.064	−0.15 ± 0.085	0.001^a
Refractive error (D)	−3.79 ± 4.11	−0.31 ± 5.15	−0.17 ± 1.82	0.02^a
Keratometry	7.52 ± 0.18	7.69 ± 0.22	7.69 ± 0.20	0.02^a
Axial length (mm)	23.03 ± 2.01	23.38 ± 2.63	23.04 ± 1.11	0.94^a
Gestational age (weeks)	26.86 ± 2.31	33.41 ± 4.20	—	<0.001^b
Birth weight (g)	870.29 ± 213.61	1925.76 ± 688.40	—	<0.001^b

Abbreviations: ROP, retinopathy of prematurity. ^aKruskal–Wallis test; ^bMann–Whitney U test.