“…23,28,29 While there was significant correlation between foveal thickness and both SER and AL in the Pearson correlation analysis, there was no significant correlation in the partial correlation analysis. A number of studies have reported significant correlation between macular thickness and SER or AL, 6,7,9,22,23,25 but the analyses were not controlled for other possible confounding variables. Our study showed that after adjustment for the other factors, the association between macular thickness and SER or AL was insignificant.…”