Research Article

Correlation of Optic Nerve Microcirculation with Papillomacular Bundle Structure in Treatment Naive Normal Tension Glaucoma

Table 2

Correlation of retinal thickness with optic disc microcirculation in NTG.

AgeIOPRef.BCVA ()MDRectangular Rectangular Rectangular Central part of the maculacpRNFLT
Upper1/3MiddleLower1/3
RNFLT GCCTRNFLTGCCT RNFLT GCCT RNFLTGCCTTotalTemporal

T MT−0.07−0.05−0.04−0.49**0.57**0.49**0.45**0.66**0.68**0.32*0.30*0.59**0.63**0.45**0.48**
I MT−0.12−0.05−0.08−0.290.32*0.33*0.41**0.47**0.54**0.240.31*0.44**0.50**0.45**0.40**
N MT−0.04−0.230.19−0.050.190.09 0.18 0.12 0.22 0.03 −0.01 0.09 0.18 0.37*0.22
S MT−0.12−0.120.03−0.38*0.43**0.47**0.62**0.44**0.57**0.010.11 0.42**0.53**0.42**0.33*
T/N MT−0.090.15−0.29−0.51**0.54**0.54**0.39*0.62**0.57**0.47**0.39*0.66**0.56**0.250.36*

IOP: intraocular pressure, Ref.: refractive error, BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity, : logarithm of the minimal angle resolution, MD: HFA 30–2 mean deviation, RNFLT: retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, GCCT: ganglion cell complex thickness, cpRNFLT: circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness, MT: mean MBR in the tissue area, T: temporal, I: inferior, N: nasal, and S: superior.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, , and .