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Table 2 Intergroup analysis of the retinal and choroidal thickness measured in the central sector of the ETDRS grid (within 500 μm from the center of the fovea) and the mean macular retinal and choroidal thickness

From: Automated macular choroidal thickness measurement by swept-source optical coherence tomography in pseudoxanthoma elasticum

Sector

Group 1

p value*

Group 2

p value*

Group 3

p value*

Control group

p value

p value

p value§

n = (4)

n = (2)

n = (6)

n = (30)

Retina

Central

201.00 ± 63.59

0.180

286,50 ± 24.75

0.030

233,33 ± 25.59

0.480

238.73 ± 16.12

0.064

0.088

0.517

Mean

264.61 ± 21.15

0.087

273.33 ± 16.18

0.459

270.54 ± 17.08

0.161

281.99 ± 12.27

0.360

0.990

0.520

Choroid

Central

184.75 ± 30.51

0.010

228.50 ± 51.62

0.120

251.67 ± 98.92

0.120

325.63 ± 86.91

0.165

0.990

0.394

Mean

184.42 ± 31.34

0.008

210.11 ± 52.48

0.102

241.56 ± 92.89

0.090

307.27 ± 74.19

0.360

0.990

0.290

  1. * p value: comparison between each group and the control group
  2. p value: comparison between Group 1 and Group 2
  3. p value: comparison between Group 2 and Group 3
  4. §p value: comparison between Group 1 and Group 3