Table 3

Area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve analyses of the FAZ metrics, parafoveal capillary density and per cent area deviated from normal distribution in differentiating eyes without SCR (control) and eyes with SCR (NP-SCR and P-SCR)

MeasurementsAUROC (95% CI)
FAZArea0.58 (0.43 to 0.73)
Perimeter0.69 (0.57 to 0.82)
Acircularity index0.82 (0.72 to 0.92)
Parafoveal capillary densityEntire image0.87 (0.78 to 0.96)
Temporal0.86 (0.77 to 0.95)
Nasal0.85 (0.76 to 0.94)
Superior0.85 (0.76 to 0.94)
Inferior0.83 (0.72 to 0.94)
Per cent yellow areaEntire image0.85 (0.75 to 0.94)
Temporal0.86 (0.76 to 0.95)
Nasal0.81 (0.71 to 0.91)
Superior0.84 (0.74 to 0.94)
Inferior0.73 (0.61 to 0.85)
Per cent red areaEntire image0.84 (0.75 to 0.94)
Temporal0.82 (0.73 to 0.92)
Nasal0.83 (0.72 to 0.93)
Superior0.82 (0.72 to 0.92)
Inferior0.73 (0.59 to 0.86)
  • CI, confidence interval; FAZ, foveal avascular zone; NP-SCR, non-proliferative SCR; P-SCR, proliferative SCR; SCR, sickle cell retinopathy.