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 densityGroupF value value
Healthy controlsNo DRMild-to-moderate NPDRSevere NPDR

Whole image, %
 Mean ± SD49.9 ± 2.349.0 ± 2.847.3 ± 3.945.5 ± 3.426.2<0.01
Inside optic disc, %
 Mean ± SD50.8 ± 5.849.0 ± 4.949.5 ± 6.745.8 ± 5.98.8<0.01
Peripapillary,%
 Mean ± SD53.1 ± 2.651.7 ± 3.449.8 ± 4.647.4 ± 4.229.6<0.01
RNFL thickness, μm
 Mean ± SD115.4 ± 10.5115.1 ± 23.3109.4 ± 20.0112.7 ± 20.31.50.22

RPC, radial peripapillary capillary; RNFL, retinal nerve fiber layer; OCTA, optic coherence tomographic angiography; DR, diabetic retinopathy; NPDR, nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.