Research Article

Ability of Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography to Detect Retinal and Choroidal Changes in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Table 3

Macular and peripapillary choroidal thickness as measured with swept-source deep range imaging optical coherence tomography Triton in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy subjects.

Healthy controlsMS

Macular choroidal thickness
Inner ring278.85 (100.14)276.41 (86.10)0.855
Outer ring261.41 (103.46)254.46 (79.69)0.038

Peripapillary choroidal thickness
Total172.44 (94.02)165.91 (83.22)0.603
Quadrants (x4)
Superior193.73 (101.97)174.55 (79.61)0.140
Nasal167.08 (87.91)164.66 (79.85)0.838
Inferior153.01 (101.26)150.24 (98.71)0.844
Temporal175.93 (97.12)174.20 (93.97)0.898
Sectors (x6)
Superonasal194.70 (103.29)171.19 (78.79)0.072
Superotemporal196.39 (106.92)179.33 (82.15)0.208
Nasal167.61 (88.95)164.21 (80.33)0.777
Inferonasal150.04 (100.58)147.76 (100.30)0.872
Inferotemporal154.01 (103.59)151.39 (101.97)0.857
Temporal175.93 (97.12)174.20 (93.97)0.898

All measurements are in microns. Each of the four macular areas in the 3 mm and 6 mm ring of the ETDRS are assembled into one unique inner and outer ring, due to elevated standard deviation. Bold letters indicate statistical significance. MS, multiple sclerosis.