Choroidal changes and associations with visual acuity in diabetic patients

Table 3 Correlations between logMAR best-corrected visual acuity and choroidal and retinal biomarkers, in the full sample and by group, excluding eyes with optical media opacities

	CT-G	CVI-G	RT	NFL	GCL	IPL	INL	OPL	ONL
Full sample
r	− 0.101	− 0.289	− 0.138	0.091	− 0.130	− 0.061	− 0.013	0.152	− 0.244
p-value	0.145	< 0.001	0.132	0.322	0.154	0.505	0.885	0.095	0.007
No DM
r	− 0.094	− 0.132	0.080	− 0.148	0.087	0.136	− 0.034	0.234	0.047
p-value	0.477	0.315	0.564	0.285	0.532	0.327	0.804	0.088	0.737
No DR
r	− 0.416	− 0.079	− 0.299	0.225	− 0.016	− 0.175	− 0.197	− 0.298	− 0.340
p-value	0.025	0.685	0.177	0.315	0.943	0.435	0.379	0.178	0.122
Non-treated DR
r	− 0.336	− 0.155	− 0.389	− 0.187	− 0.411	− 0.289	− 0.090	0.139	− 0.006
p-value	0.065	0.404	0.073	0.405	0.057	0.192	0.689	0.538	0.979
Treated DR
r	− 0.079	− 0.362	− 0.168	− 0.014	− 0.168	− 0.070	0.167	0.099	− 0.390
p-value	0.455	< 0.001	0.444	0.951	0.444	0.751	0.446	0.655	0.066

Statistically significant values are highlighted as bold
Average choroidal thickness in 5 mm-width area (CT-G); choroidal vascularity index in 5 mm-with area (CVI-G); full retinal thickness (RT); nerve fibre layer thickness (NFL); ganglion cell layer thickness (GCL); inner plexiform layer thickness (IPL); inner nuclear layer thickness (INL); outer plexiform layer thickness (OPL); outer nuclear layer thickness (ONL) in central 6 mm; Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r)

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