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

Table 3

Retinal nerve fiber layer thinning rates (µm/year) calculated by linear mixed effect model.

	Average of all sectors			Superior sector			Temporal sector			Inferior sector			Nasal sector
	Beta	SE	value	Beta	SE	value	Beta	SE	value	Beta	SE	value	Beta	SE	value
Intercept	102.170	5.404	<.0001	133.850	9.958	<.0001	88.397	6.739	<.0001	140.350	9.829	<.0001	42.930	5.590	<.0001
age (years)	−0.206	0.069	0.003	−0.417	0.111	<.0001	−0.250	0.088	0.005	−0.327	0.123	0.008	0.139	0.068	0.041
Female	4.279	1.528	0.005	4.213	2.394	0.079	5.799	2.024	0.004	9.122	2.683	0.001	−0.834	1.470	0.571
Right eye	0.371	0.252	0.142	−3.260	0.485	<.0001	3.007	0.311	<.0001	−0.206	0.483	0.670	1.988	0.293	<.0001
Spherical equivalent (D)	0.287	0.176	0.103	1.471	0.299	<.0001	−1.287	0.220	<.0001	0.884	0.320	0.006	0.199	0.182	0.275
Baseline IOP (mmHg)	−0.081	0.223	0.716	−0.184	0.410	0.654	−0.953	0.275	0.001	0.212	0.420	0.614	0.573	0.249	0.021
Mean F/U IOP (mmHg)	−0.512	0.350	0.144	−0.443	0.622	0.477	−0.333	0.433	0.443	−1.540	0.650	0.018	0.322	0.379	0.396
VF MD (dB)	0.504	0.196	0.010	1.054	0.370	0.005	−0.336	0.241	0.164	1.426	0.373	<.0001	0.286	0.267	0.285
Time	−0.389	0.074	<.0001	−0.524	0.100	<.0001	−0.316	0.110	0.005	−0.778	0.099	<.0001	0.121	0.073	0.100
Female	0.225	0.103	0.030	—	—	—	0.345	0.124	0.006	—	—	—	—	—	—
Age (years)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Spherical equivalent (D)	—	—	—	—	—	—	−0.034	0.017	0.040	—	—	—	—	—	—
Mean F/U IOP (mmHg)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
VF MD (dB)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	−0.116	0.048	0.017

SE: standard error; D: diopter; IOP: intraocular pressure; MD: mean deviation.