Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Aggressive or Protective Factor for the Retina? Evaluation of Macular Thickness and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layers Using High-Definition Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 2

Total macular thickness and RNFL in the macular region using HD-OCT: comparison between PCOS and control groups.

	PCOS group	Control group
Total macular thickness (m)
Central subfield (CSF)	242.9 ± 19.7	241.2 ± 19.8	0.701^1
Superior inner macula (SIM)	320.0 ± 15.0	323.8 ± 14.1	0.239^1
Temporal inner macula (TIM)	305.5 ± 12.3	308.6 ± 14.2	0.297^1
Inferior inner macula (IIM)	316.3 ± 14.5	317.0 ± 21.4	0.865^1
Nasal inner macula (NIM)	322.5 ± 15.4	322.8 ± 15.5	0.941^1
Superior outer macula (SOM)	282.6 ± 15.0	285.6 ± 14.6	0.358^1
Temporal outer macula (TOM)	260.7 ± 12.6	263.5 ± 13.6	0.349^1
Inferior outer macula (IOM)	268.9 ± 14.8	268.8 ± 15.0	0.980^1
Nasal outer macula (NOM)	300.7 ± 14.1	299.4 ± 19.6	0.737^1
Retinal nerve fiber layer (macula, m)
Average macular RNFL	38.6 ± 4.8	41.0 ± 9.5	0.168^1
Superior macular	33.9 ± 5.2	35.2 ± 7.3	0.334^1
Temporal macular	52.5 ± 15.0	54.2 ± 16.1	0.636^1
Inferior macular	33.8 ± 7.2	35.6 ± 7.0	0.258^1
Nasal macular	35.0 ± 11.3	35.2 ± 8.0	0.945^1

Student’s -test, independent samples.