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None of the patients had other systemic diseases. CVI in the patient and control groups was compared. In addition, the effect of lipid levels on CVI was calculated. Analysis of covariance was used to compare groups after adjusting for axial length, age, and sex. The partial correlation coefficient was determined for the correlation between lipid levels and choroidal area in both groups. The level of statistical significance was set at\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      CVI was significantly lower in the study group (&lt;0.001). There were no differences in total choroidal area (TCA) (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.141) or luminal area (LA) (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.539) between the groups. The stromal area (SA) was, however, significantly thicker in the patient group than in the control group (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.006). Lipid levels and CVI were not correlated.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The present findings show that hypercholesterolemia patients have a significantly thicker SA and a lower CVI than healthy controls. Interestingly, the increased stromal are in the patients did not result in an increase in the TCA or compressed vascular tissues that would have presented as a reduction in LA. 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