Research Article

Retinal Vessel Density in Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Optic Atrophy after Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of NAION patients and controlsb.

NAION ()Control () value

Demographic characteristics
 Age, year59.0 (10.7)51.4 (14.1)0.19
 Male, number (%)6 (46)7 (39)1.00
Ocular characteristics
 IOP, mmHg13.3 (1.7)13.5 (2.9)0.73
 SE, diopters0.7 (2.6)−1.1 (4.2)0.35
 MD, dB−16.4 (7.4)−0.2 (4.2)0.03a
Clinical characteristics
 Systolic BP, mmHg135.5 (16.7)116.2 (11.7)0.03a
 Diastolic BP, mmHg82.6 (13.3)56.6 (28.1)0.03a
 Self-reported history of diabetes, n (%)4 (31)1 (6)0.14
 Self-reported history of hypertension, n (%)6 (46)1 (6)0.03a

NAION: nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy; IOP: intraocular pressure; SE: spherical equivalent; MD: mean deviation; BP: blood pressure.
aStatistically significant.
bUnless otherwise indicated, data are given as the mean (standard deviation).