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 3

Structure-function relationship between RNFL thickness, measured with SD-OCT, and Pulsar perimetry or standard automated perimetry for the glaucoma group (A).

Group A (70)Global thicknessTemporal inferior thicknessTemporal thicknessTemporal superior thicknessNasal superior thicknessNasal thicknessNasal inferior thickness

RNFL and Pulsar0.560.730.430.720.290.080.26
<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.0010.0160.5060.033
RNFL and SAP0.600.750.490.740.390.080.34
<0.001<0.001<0.001<0.0010.0010.5150.004

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