Peripapillary vessel density correlates with visual field mean sensitivity in highly myopic eyes

Table 7 Multivariate linear regression analyses to identify factors associated with the visual field mean sensitivity (VFMS) in 8 peripapillary zones

	Age			AL			Diopter			pVD			pRNFL			R²
	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P	B	95% CI	P
TS	− 6.17	− 12.31 to − 0.04	0.049	29.85	− 38.63 to 98.33	0.392	− 27.01	− 59.70 to 5.69	0.105	17.28	5.59 to 28.97	0.004	− 4.16	− 7.29 to − 1.03	0.009	0.072
TI	− 6.37	− 12.55 t o − 0.19	0.044	11.47	− 57.56 to 80.49	0.744	− 35.67	− 68.44 to − 2.91	0.033	12.45	3.34 to 21.55	0.007				0.076
ST	− 5.85	− 9.81 to − 1.88	0.004	11.03	− 33.22 to 55.28	0.624	− 29.92	− 50.78 to − 9.06	0.005	13.30	6.16 to 20.43	< 0.001				0.123
IT	− 3.67	− 7.33 to − 0.01	0.049	− 23.65	− 65.03 to 17.73	0.262	− 29.48	− 48.48 to − 10.47	0.002	− 0.70	− 7.28 to 5.89	0.836	1.51	0.38 to 2.65	0.009	0.136
SN	− 3.71	− 6.51 to − 0.90	0.010	19.59	− 11.72 to 50.90	0.219	− 32.66	− 47.31 to − 18.01	< 0.001	3.10	− 1.30 to 7.50	0.167				0.113
IN	− 3.09	− 5.92 to − 0.27	0.032	− 11.69	− 43.29 to 19.91	0.468	− 16.95	− 31.80 to − 2.10	0.025	2.16	− 3.07 to 7.38	0.417				0.077
NS				47.07	− 6.21 to 87.93	0.240	− 29.03	− 41.53 to − 16.54	< 0.001	12.04	6.06 to 18.01	< 0.001				0.120
NI	− 3.40	− 6.86 to 0.05	0.053	23.96	− 14.56 to 62.48	0.222	− 25.83	− 44.00 to − 7.67	0.005	12.39	6.50 to 18.29	< 0.001	− 2.14	− 3.46 to − 0.82	0.002	0.112

The difference was statistically significant when p < 0.05 and significant values were in bold type
AL, axial length; pVD, peripapillary vessel density; pRNFL, peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer
TS, temporal superior; TI, temporal inferior; ST, superior temporal; IT, inferior temporal; SN, superior nasal; IN, inferior nasal; NS, nasal superior; NI, nasal inferior
R², correlation coefficient

ISSN: 1479-5876