Age-Related Physiologic Thinning Rate of the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer in Different Levels of Myopia

Table 1

Demographics and optical coherence tomography circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular measurements.

Subjects	223 eyes from 141 individuals
Age (yrs)	40 ± 12
Gender (male: female)	111 : 112
Mean f/u frequency	6.31 ± 1.22
Mean f/u period (yrs)	5.8 ± 0.71
S.E (D)	−4.0 ± 3.6
Baseline IOP (mmHg)	16 ± 2.9
F/u mean IOP (mmHg)	15 ± 2.3
Baseline MD (dB)	−0.79 ± 1.24
avr. RNFL thickness (μm)	85.8 ± 9.81
	Of 141 individuals
DM (%)	7.8 (n = 11)
HTN (%)	21 (n = 30)
Family history of glaucoma (%)	6 (n = 9)

S.E: sepherical equivalent; IOP: intraocular pressure; f/u: follow-up; RNFL: retinal nerve fiber layer; GCIPL: ganaglion cell-inner plexiform layer.