Table 5: Topographic Measures of the Optic Nerve Head as Measured by Stratus® Optical Coherence Tomography

Variable All subjects: mean and standard deviation Matched by cup-to-disc area ratio Matched by mean RNFL
Non-glaucomatous optic nerve cupping Glaucomatous optic nerve cupping Non-glaucomatous optic nerve cupping Glaucomatous optic nerve cupping Non-glaucomatous optic nerve cupping Glaucomatous optic nerve cupping
Disc area (mm2) 2.5 ± 0.3 2.4 ± 0.4 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.44
Cup area (mm2) 1.4 ± 0.4 1.7 ± 0.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.8
Rim area (mm2) 1.1 ± 0.6 0.69 ± 0.3 0.9 0.78 1.1* 0.65
Cup-to-disc area ratio 0.56 ± 0.18 0.70 ± 0.14 0.62 0.64 0.56 0.72
Cup-to-disc horizontal ratio 0.76 ± 0.16 0.85 ± 0.10 0.83 0.82 0.75 0.87
Cup-to-disc vertical ratio 0.70 ± 0.12 0.81 ± 0.08 0.76 0.78 0.71 0.82
Total n = 11 n = 12 n = 8 n = 8 n = 11 n = 11

* p<0.05.
all p values were Bonferroni adjusted.RNFL= retinal nerve fiber layer.