Research Article

Relationship between Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Hemoglobin Present in the Optic Nerve Head in Glaucoma

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the two groups. Differences with a value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant (in bold).

Control group (average ± SD)Glaucoma group (average ± SD)

Number9682
Gender (male/female)33/6347/350.146
Age (years)44.26 ± 12.3365.53 ± 10.37<0.001
BMO-MRW (OCT, μm)333.04 ± 49.98188.94 ± 75.21<0.001
BMO-RNFL (OCT 3.5 mm circle, μm)103.14 ± 11.2270.59 ± 21.15<0.001
Average mean defect (dB)0.35 ± 1.697.79 ± 7.53<0.001
Average sLV (dB)1.86 ± 0.654.46 ± 2.53<0.001

Chi square test. Student’s t-test. OCT: optical coherence tomography; dB: decibels; sLV: square root of the loss variance.