Research Article
Quantification of Microvascular Density of the Optic Nerve Head in Diabetic Retinopathy Using Optical Coherence Tomographic Angiography
Table 2
One-way ANOVA for RPC density and RNFL thickness in OCTA.
| RPC density | Group | F value | value | Healthy controls | No DR | Mild-to-moderate NPDR | Severe NPDR |
| Whole image, % | | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 49.9 ± 2.3 | 49.0 ± 2.8 | 47.3 ± 3.9 | 45.5 ± 3.4 | 26.2 | <0.01 | Inside optic disc, % | | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 50.8 ± 5.8 | 49.0 ± 4.9 | 49.5 ± 6.7 | 45.8 ± 5.9 | 8.8 | <0.01 | Peripapillary,% | | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 53.1 ± 2.6 | 51.7 ± 3.4 | 49.8 ± 4.6 | 47.4 ± 4.2 | 29.6 | <0.01 | RNFL thickness, μm | | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 115.4 ± 10.5 | 115.1 ± 23.3 | 109.4 ± 20.0 | 112.7 ± 20.3 | 1.5 | 0.22 |
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RPC, radial peripapillary capillary; RNFL, retinal nerve fiber layer; OCTA, optic coherence tomographic angiography; DR, diabetic retinopathy; NPDR, nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
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