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Table 1 Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of the patients throughout pregnancy and 6-months postpartum

From: Macular choroidal thickness in highly myopic women during pregnancy and postpartum: a longitudinal study

Variables

Groups

First trimester

(n = 42)

Second trimester

(n = 42)

Third trimester

(n = 42)

Postpartum

(n = 40)

Mean Age (years)

28.5 ± 1.7

28.9 ± 1.7

29.3 ± 1.6

29.7 ± 1.7a

AL (mm)

27.6 ± 0.7

27.6 ± 0.7

27.6 ± 0.7

27.6 ± 0.7

Refractive error (D)

−9.7 ± 1.4

− 9.7 ± 1.4

−9.8 ± 1.4

− 9.6 ± 1.4

IOP (mmHg)

15.4 ± 2.8

15.0 ± 2.4

14.4 ± 2.8

15.8 ± 2.8b

MOPP (mmHg)

38.8 ± 3.3

39.0 ± 3.2

39.7 ± 2.8

38.6 ± 3.1c

MAP (mmHg)

81.7 ± 8.1

82.1 ± 7.9

82.7 ± 7.8

81.6 ± 7.9

BMI (kg/m2)

21.9 ± 2.0

22.7 ± 2.0

24.4 ± 1.9

22.3 ± 2.2b

Macular CT (μm)

194.5 ± 50.3

201.9 ± 51.5

214.3 ± 52.3

192.7 ± 51.9c

  1. AL axial length, D diopters, IOP intraocular pressure, MOPP mean ocular perfusion pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, BMI body mass index, CT choroidal thickness
  2. ap < 0.05 compared with the first, and second trimesters by t-test; bp < 0.01 compared with the third trimester by t-test; cp < 0.05 compared with the third trimester by t-test
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