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 controls
MS
Macular choroidal thickness
Inner ring
278.85 (100.14)
276.41 (86.10)
0.855
Outer ring
261.41 (103.46)
254.46 (79.69)
0.038
Peripapillary choroidal thickness
Total
172.44 (94.02)
165.91 (83.22)
0.603
Quadrants (x4)
Superior
193.73 (101.97)
174.55 (79.61)
0.140
Nasal
167.08 (87.91)
164.66 (79.85)
0.838
Inferior
153.01 (101.26)
150.24 (98.71)
0.844
Temporal
175.93 (97.12)
174.20 (93.97)
0.898
Sectors (x6)
Superonasal
194.70 (103.29)
171.19 (78.79)
0.072
Superotemporal
196.39 (106.92)
179.33 (82.15)
0.208
Nasal
167.61 (88.95)
164.21 (80.33)
0.777
Inferonasal
150.04 (100.58)
147.76 (100.30)
0.872
Inferotemporal
154.01 (103.59)
151.39 (101.97)
0.857
Temporal
175.93 (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.