Table 1

Comparisons of the values of MD, PSD and pointwise sensitivities

variablesSITA-standardVBLR-VFP value*P value**P value†P value††
1st measurementMD, (mean±SD) (range), dB−7.9±6.2
(−26.7 to 0.6)
−8.2±6.4
(−25.6 to 1.4)
0.990.990.960.99
2nd measurementMD, (mean±SD) (range), dB−8.7±6.2
(−27.3 to 0.3)
−8.0±6.2
(−24.9 to 1.6)
1st measurementPSD, (mean±SD) (range), dB8.5±4.9
(1.1 to 16.0)
8.7±4.8
(0.9 to 16.1)
0.300.970.920.39
2nd measurementPSD, (mean±SD) (range), dB8.6±4.8
(1.1 to 16.6)
8.6±4.7
(0.9 to 16.2)
1st measurementPointwise sensitivity, (mean±SD) (range), dB21.8±11.2
(0 to 39)
21.0±11.4
(0 to 41)
1.000.64<0.001<0.001
2nd measurementPointwise sensitivity, (mean±SD) (range), dB21.0±11.2
(0 to 35)
21.1±11.2
(0 to 40)
  • *Shows the result of the comparison between SITA standard (1st) and SITA standard (2nd).

  • **Shows the result of the comparison between VBLR-VF (1st) and VBLR-VF (2nd).

  • †Shows the result of the comparison between SITA standard (1st) and VBLR-VF (1st).

  • ††Shows the result of the comparison between SITA standard (2nd) and VBLR-VF (2nd).

  • MD, mean deviation; PSD, pattern SD; SITA, Swedish interactive threshold algorithm; VBLR, Variational Bayes Linear Regression; VF, visual field.