Vol. 2 Issue 2 Part B

Design: Prospective observational study.

Material and Methods: 188 eyes of 94 patients with unilateral amblyopia diagnosed by difference of at least two lines between the normal and amblyopic eye on Snellen visual acuity charts was included.

Statistical analysis: Unpaired sample t-test.

Results: Majority of the cases was seen in age group 21-30 years with male preponderance. The average macular thickness was 271.4µm for normal eye versus 278.0µm for amblyopic eye, values by unpaired t-test was t-value=3.169, p=0.002<0.01 which shows highly statistical significant difference of macular thickness. But no statistical significance seen in retinal nerve fibre layer thickness.

Conclusion: Average macular thickness varies in amblyopic eyes is an important concept for future studies. However Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer thickness does not show corresponding outcomes with amblyopia and actually being thinner in amblyopes.