A Meta-Analysis of Choroidal Thickness Changes in Unilateral Amblyopia

Table 3

Pooled estimates of all studies comparing other positions in the amblyopic eye with the fellow and normal eyes.

Group	Position/n	WMD (random) (95% CI)	value	Test for heterogeneity	Egger’s test ()	Begg’s test ()
A versus F	T 0.5 mm/2	40.14 (15.00–65.27)		,	—	0.317
	N 0.5 mm/2	46.38 (20.35–72.42)		,	—	0.317
	T 1.0 mm/6	20.83 (11.01–30.64)		,	0.289	0.188
	N 1.0 mm/6	36.95 (20.52–53.38)		,	0.020	0.851
	S 1.0 mm/2	31.66 (12.50–50.83)		,	—	0.317
	I 1.0 mm/2	31.34 (13.92–48.76)		,	—	0.317
	T 2.0 mm/2	7.71 (−43.79–59.21)		,	—	0.317
	N 2.0 mm/2	45.63 (21.18–70.09)		,	—	0.317
	T 3.0 mm/2	17.46 (2.59–32.33)		,	—	0.317
	N 3.0 mm/2	26.81 (13.68–39.93)		,	—	0.317
A versus C	T 0.5 mm/2	74.12 (16.74–131.50)		,	—	0.317
	N 0.5 mm/2	30.71 (−7.14–74.56)		,	—	0.317
	T 1.0 mm/6	29.01 (15.01–49.00)		,	0.175	0.851
	N 1.0 mm/6	55.05 (28.60–81.50)		,	0.478	0.573
	S 1.0 mm/2	50.92 (−6.18–108.03)		,	—	0.317
	I 1.0 mm/2	47.42 (3.89–90.94)		,	—	0.317
	T 2.0 mm/2	24.26 (−1.59–50.11)		,	—	0.317
	N 2.0 mm/2	67.60 (3.77–91.43)		,	—	0.317
	T 3.0 mm/2	20.12 (10.06–30.17)		,	—	0.317
	N 3.0 mm/2	27.01 (13.65–40.38)		,	—	0.317
F Vs C	T 0.5 mm/2	35.06 (−36.61–106.73)		,	—	0.317
	N 0.5 mm/2	−9.35 (−34.53–15.84)		,	—	0.317
	T 1.0 mm/6	5.86 (−12.10–23.81)		,	0.917	0.851
	N 1.0 mm/6	17.13 (−1.09–35.34)		,	0.761	0.573
	S 1.0 mm/2	19.54 (−33.19–72.28)		,	—	0.317
	I 1.0 mm/2	15.64 (−32.93–64.21)		,	—	0.317
	T 2.0 mm/2	16.26 (−13.02–45.54)		,	—	0.317
	N 2.0 mm/2	18.37 (−6.87–43.61)		,	—	0.317
	T 3.0 mm/2	4.75 (−3.41–12.91)		,	—	0.317
	N 3.0 mm/2	0.98 (−12.55–14.51)		,	—	0.317

T: temporal; N: nasal; S: superior; I: inferior; WMD: weighted mean differences; CI: confidence interval; A: amblyopia; C: control; F: fellow.