Research Article

The Relation between Body Mass Index and Retinal Photoreceptor Morphology and Microvascular Changes Measured with Adaptive Optics (rtx1) High-Resolution Imaging

Table 5

Mean (±SD) spacing, Voronoi, and cone regularity in Control and BMI groups in 4 quadrants after Bonferroni correction (adjusted value = 0.0042).

Cone parameters in 4 quadrantsControl groupBMI group value

Spacing_T (μm)6.80 ± 0.307.13 ± 0.380.006
Voronoi N%6_T (%)47.7 ± 5.945.2 ± 5.10.154
Regularity_T (%)93.9 ± 3.293.1 ± 2.70.368
Spacing_N (μm)6.45 ± 1.817.06 ± 0.320.096
Voronoi N%6_N (%)44.2 ± 12.847.3 ± 5.40.280
Regularity_N (%)88.2 ± 24.593.9 ± 2.40.228
Spacing_S (μm)6.48 ± 1.837.19 ± 0.440.058
Voronoi N%6_S (%)44.4 ± 13.348.4 ± 5.70.1135
Regularity_S (%)71.5 ± 18.975.6 ± 21.20.4949
Spacing_I (μm)7.46 ± 2.066.57 ± 1.860.1586
Voronoi N%6_I (%)41.7 ± 11.844.4 ± 13.30.4866
Regularity_I (%)86.5 ± 22.388 ± 24.50.8371

SD: standard deviation; T: temporal; N: nasal; S: superior; I: inferior; regularity, the summary of the percentage of pentagonal, hexagonal, and heptagonal cones in the analysed image; Voronoi N%6: percentage of hexagonal cones in analysed image; spacing, interphotoreceptor distance.