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Associations between optic disc measures and obstructive sleep apnea in young adults
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Lee, SSY and McArdle, N and Sanfilippo, PG and Yazar, S and Eastwood, PR and Hewitt, AW and Li, Q and Mackey, DA, Associations between optic disc measures and obstructive sleep apnea in young adults, Ophthalmology, 126, (10) pp. 1372-1384. ISSN 0161-6420 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2019 by the American Academy of Ophthalmology
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.04.041
Abstract
Design: Cross-sectional cohort study.
Participants: Eight hundred forty-eight adults 19 to 22 years of age.
Methods: Participants underwent an ophthalmic examination that included OCT imaging of the optic disc and measurements of intraocular pressure, axial length, and refractive error. Participants then underwent an overnight polysomnography study that obtained measurements of apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), peripheral oxygen saturation level, and number of cortical arousals from sleep. Based on the AHI results, participants were grouped into no OSA (AHI < 5 events/hour), mild OSA (AHI ≥ 5 and <15 events/hour), moderate OSA (AHI ≥ 15 and <30 events/hour), or severe OSA (AHI ≥ 30 events/hour).
Main Outcome Measures: Neuroretinal rim area, horizontal and vertical widths, and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness.
Results: The median AHI result across the study cohort was 2.2 events per hour (interquartile range, 1.0-4.4 events/hour). Based on the AHI results, 178 participants (21.0%) demonstrated OSA: 150 with mild OSA, 26 with moderate OSA, and 2 with severe OSA. In the unadjusted analyses, participants with OSA on average showed thinner peripapillary RNFL at the inferotemporal (P = 0.026) and superotemporal (P = 0.008) segments compared with those without OSA. Additionally, higher AHI results were associated with thinner RNFL superotemporally (P = 0.007). These findings remained significant after adjusting for gender, body mass index, ethnicity, and potential ocular confounders. There were no significant differences in optic disc measures between groups of OSA severity.
Conclusions: Obstructive sleep apnea may be associated with preclinical thinning of the peripapillary RNFL in young adults. This suggests that an increased glaucoma risk already may be present in individuals with OSA since young adulthood. Long-term follow-up of this cohort will allow further optic disc changes in relationship to polysomnography parameters to be documented and associations with future glaucoma diagnosis to be explored.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Ophthalmology and optometry |
Research Field: | Ophthalmology |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Hewitt, AW (Professor Alex Hewitt) |
UTAS Author: | Mackey, DA (Professor David Mackey) |
ID Code: | 134041 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 13 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2019-07-23 |
Last Modified: | 2020-08-12 |
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