Evaluation of Choroidal Thickness in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome and Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
Table 2
Mean thicknesses of the macular and peripapillary choroid in each group.
Control
PEX syndrome
PEX glaucoma
p1
p2
p3
Macular choroidal thickness
Subfoveal
280.10 ± 63.83
223.96 ± 81.51
216.03 ± 93.31
0.004
0.003
0.727
1.5 mm nasal to fovea
242.13 ± 75.32
195.46 ± 75.06
180.86 ± 66.23
0.019
0.001
0.428
3.0 mm nasal to fovea
162.00 ± 50.83
124.83 ± 62.90
106.80 ± 48.49
0.015
<0.001
0.219
1.5 mm temporal to fovea
258.26 ± 48.15
203.76 ± 70.10
201.80 ± 77.39
0.001
0.001
0.918
3.0 mm temporal to fovea
239.56 ± 46.68
181.96 ± 62.62
187.23 ± 58.70
<0.001
<0.001
0.738
Peripapillary choroidal thickness
Temporal
156.56 ± 40.33
128.75 ± 58.31
122.53 ± 32.40
0.039
0.001
0.616
Nasal
156.43 ± 45.53
130.36 ± 47.28
121.26 ± 45.87
0.034
0.004
0.452
Superior
165.40 ± 43.23
146.10 ± 59.83
137.00 ± 43.00
0.160
0.013
0.504
Inferior
147.96 ± 46.13
121.10 ± 38.11
113.80 ± 27.52
0.017
0.001
0.399
Average
156.59 ± 33.84
131.33 ± 46.82
123.65 ± 33.22
0.022
<0.001
0.472
PEX: pseudoexfoliation; : comparison between control and PEX syndrome groups by Student’s t-test; : comparison between control and PEX glaucoma groups by Student’s t-test; : comparison between PEX syndrome and PEX glaucoma groups by Student’s t-test.
