Research Article

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 2

Structure-function relationship between RNFL thickness, measured with SD-OCT, and Pulsar perimetry or standard automated perimetry for the entire study group.

Entire group ()Global thicknessTemporal inferior thicknessTemporal thicknessTemporal superior thicknessNasal superior thicknessNasal thicknessNasal inferior thickness

RNFL and Pulsar0.590.570.260.550.460.330.33
<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001
RNFL and SAP0.380.400.270.400.240.180.21
<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.0010.003<0.001

Spe: Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Statistically significant difference between correlations for PP and SAP.