marginal significanceP = 0.068
On the contrary, the estimated cell count increase rate was higher in the young group at distances between 1200 μm and 2400 μm (young, 29.8 cells/μm; old, 28.4 cells/μm), and the linear mixed model analysis showed a marginal significance in interactions between age groups and the distance from the center of the optic disc in this range (β =1.35; P = 0.068) ( Fig. 2 I).