From: Optical coherence tomography detection of retinal neural loss in patients with tuberous sclerosis
TS Group (n = 41) | TS with RAH GROUP (n = 27) | TS without RAH GROUP (n = 14) | CG (n = 20) | TS group VS CG (p value) | TS with RAH group VS CG (p value) | TS without RAH group VS CG (p value) | TS without RAH VS TS with RAH group (p value) | |
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Clinical characteristics | ||||||||
Age (years) | 23.7 ± 9.84 | 22.57 ± 9.21 | 22.13 ± 13.17 | 23.15 ± 6.62 | p = 0.8 | p = 0.8 | p = 0.8 | p = 0.9 |
Sex (men/women) | 12/10 | 7/7 | 5/3 | 9/11 | ||||
RNFL values (μm) | ||||||||
Global | 120.7 ± 15.17 | 120.0 ± 16.75 | 122.3 ± 11.30 | 132.4 ± 13.19 | p = 0.003* | p = 0.04* | p = 0.08 | p = 0.68 |
Superior quadrant (S) | 142.6 ± 18.41 | 141.6 ± 19.29 | 144.8 ± 16.87 | 168.7 ± 19.43 | p = 0.003* | p = 0.0007* | p = 0.007* | p = 0.63 |
Nasal quadrant (N) | 99.94 ± 35.55 | 99.56 ± 42.00 | 100.8 ± 13.76 | 104.4 ± 16.70 | p = 0.70 | p = 0.73 | p = 0.60 | p = 0.92 |
Inferior quadrant (I) | 147.0 ± 24.11 | 145.6 ± 26.11 | 150.2 ± 19.52 | 173.4 ± 15.52 | p = 0.002* | p = 0.003* | p = 0.007* | p = 0.061 |
Temporal quadrant (T) | 78.50 ± 11.84 | 79.52 ± 13.53 | 76.8 ± 6.52 | 82.9 ± 17.85 | p = 0.36 | p = 0.55 | p = 0.26 | p = 0.44 |
Macular values (μm) | ||||||||
Global macular thickness | 291.7 ± 20.0 | 287.6 ± 22.23 | 299.5 ± 11.91 | 306.5 ± 7.56 | p = 0.002* | p = 0.0007* | p = 0.05* | p = 0.07 |
Central quadrant (C) | 214.2 ± 23.8 | 209.6 ± 18.65 | 223.1 ± 30.30 | 227.9 ± 21.94 | p = 0.04* | p = 0.04* | p = 0.6 | p = 0.08 |
Superior inner quadrant (SI) | 297.7 ± 21.5 | 292.4 ± 23.12 | 307.8 ± 13.61 | 314.4 ± 11.04 | p = 0.002* | p = 0.0003* | p = 0.13 | p = 0.03* |
Nasal inner quadrant (NI) | 292.4 ± 25.84 | 288.3 ± 29.04 | 300.4 ± 16.20 | 309.8 ± 11.94 | p = 0.006* | p = 0.003* | p = 0.06 | p = 0.16 |
Inferior inner quadrant (II) | 296.4 ± 24.91 | 292.9 ± 27.51 | 303.0 ± 18.01 | 315.3 ± 10.57 | p = 0.002* | p = 0.001* | p = 0.02* | p = 0.22 |
Temporal inner quadrant (TI) | 281.8 ± 23.09 | 275.9 ± 24.06 | 293.1 ± 16.49 | 302.5 ± 11.64 | p = 0.0004* | p < 0.0001* | p = 0.06 | p = 0.02* |
Superior outer quadrant (SO) | 313.3 ± 20.20 | 309.3 ± 21.13 | 321.1 ± 16.20 | 323.2 ± 11.59 | p = 0.05* | p = 0.01* | p = 0.67 | p = 0.07 |
Nasal outer quadrant (NO) | 319.7 ± 22.92 | 316.6 ± 25.75 | 325.8 ± 15.20 | 330.9 ± 9.46 | p = 0.04* | p = 0.02* | p = 0.24 | p = 0.23 |
Inferior outer quadrant (IO) | 309.5 ± 25.69 | 308.3 ± 28.35 | 311.8 ± 20.37 | 317.5 ± 9.72 | p = 0.18 | p = 0.17 | p = 0.28 | p = 0.69 |
Temporal outer quadrant (TO) | 300.3 ± 24.25 | 295.4 ± 27.53 | 309.7 ± 12.13 | 316.9 ± 19.94 | p = 0.01* | p = 0.05* | p = 0.2 | p = 0.07 |
Global GCL + IPL | 87.97 ± 9.72 | 87.03 ± 10.50 | 89.79 ± 8.05 | 93.76 ± 4.25 | p = 0.01* | p = 0.009* | p = 0.07 | p = 0.40 |
Superior GCL + IPL quadrant | 88.68 ± 7.49 | 87.59 ± 7.04 | 90.79 ± 8.135 | 94.75 ± 4.99 | p = 0.002* | p = 0.0003* | p = 0.09 | p = 0.20 |
Nasal GCL + IPL quadrant | 89.83 ± 10.48 | 88.89 ± 11.53 | 91.64 ± 8.151 | 96.08 ± 4.84 | p = 0.01* | p = 0.01* | p = 0.06 | p = 0.43 |
Inferior GCL + IPL quadrant | 87.55 ± 12.91 | 88.00 ± 12.98 | 86.71 ± 13.23 | 93.00 ± 5.68 | p = 0.08 | p = 0.12 | p = 0.07 | p = 0.77 |
Temporal GCL + IPL quadrant | 86.10 ± 10.13 | 84.61 ± 11.10 | 88.96 ± 7.47 | 91.33 ± 5.40 | p = 0.04* | p = 0.02* | p = 0.29 | p = 0.20 |