Research Article

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

Table 6

Characteristic of retinal artery parameters in the BMI and control groups (n = 28 and n = 19) after Bonferroni correction (adjusted value = 0.0084).

ParametersMean (±SD)Mean (±SD) value
Control groupBMI group

Lumen (μm)96.47 ± 12.2099.97 ± 11.300.352†
Total diameter (μm)120.5 ± 14.4128.8 ± 13.30.064†
WALL_1 (μm)12.14 ± 1.914.21 ± 2.7<0.001†
WALL_2 (μm)11.06 ± 3.614.60 ± 2.62<0.001
WLR (1)0.25 ± 0.030.29 ± 0.03<0.001†
WCSA (μm2)4136.7 ± 961.05217.3 ± 1041.0<0.001

t test; SD: standard deviation; WLR: wall-to-lumen ratio; WCSA: wall cross-sectional area. Statistically significant results after Bonferroni correction ().