Research Article

To Evaluate the Effect of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Retinal and Choroidal Thicknesses Measured by Optical Coherence Tomography

Table 3

The mean, superior, nasal, inferior, and temporal RNFL thicknesses.

ControlPatient
NMean ± SDNMean ± SD

Mean RNFL (μm)2692.62 ± 9.292690.52 ± 10.80.479
Superior (μm)26111.58 ± 15.2326109.67 ± 16.750.685
Nasal (μm)2671.88 ± 7.062669.81 ± 13.790.508
Inferior (μm)26124.92 ± 14.0326119.62 ± 18.160.264
Temporal (μm)2662.35 ± 13.812662.71 ± 12.280.924

: independent samples t test was used; : Hotelling’s T2 test was used; RNFL: retinal nerve fiber layer.