Comparison between the Correlations of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measured by Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Field Defects in Standard Automated White-on-White Perimetry versus Pulsar Perimetry

Table 1

Characteristics of the study groups.

	Entire group ()	Group A ()	Group B ()	val.
Age	44.92 ± 20.65	40.06 ± 20.22	58.30 ± 15.33	<0.001
Sex (m : w)	102 : 161	73 : 120	29 : 41
RNFLT	88.37 ± 15.39	95.83 ± 8.10	67.79 ± 11.45	<0.001
MD (SAP)	−2.26 ± 4.03	−1.04 ± 2.18	−5.65 ± 5.7	<0.001
PSD/sLV (SAP)	2.89 ± 2.78	1.97 ± 0.97	5.42 ± 4.23	<0.001
MD (PP)	1.59 ± 3.58	0.51 ± 2.29	4.56 ± 4.67	<0.001
PSD/sLV (PP)	2.22 ± 1.24	1.82 ± 0.72	3.33 ± 1.63	<0.001

Bold: statistically significant differences between group A and group B. Octopus instruments show defects with a positive MD sign.