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

Table 4

Rates of change in RNFL thickness of the three myopia groups based on spherical equivalent.

	NM		MM		HM		value
	Slope	SE	Slope	SE	Slope	SE
Superior	−0.514	0.248	−0.520	0.133	−0.528	0.188	0.999
Temporal	−0.084	0.145	0.107	0.082	−0.161	0.112	0.111
Inferior	−0.807	0.242	−0.794	0.130	−0.727	0.183	0.947
Nasal	0.160	0.157	0.118	0.084	0.429	0.119	0.094
Average	−0.305	0.128	−0.294	0.068	−0.208	0.097	0.738

NM: nonmyopic; MM: mild-to-moderately myopic; HMG: highly myopic.