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Choroidal thickness in young adults and its association with visual acuity
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Lee, SSY and Lingham, G and Alonso-Caneiro, D and Chen, FK and Yazar, S and Hewitt, AW and Mackey, DA, Choroidal thickness in young adults and its association with visual acuity, American Journal of Ophthalmology, 214 pp. 40-51. ISSN 0002-9394 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2020.02.012
Abstract
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: From a single center, 741 young adults (19-30 years of age, 49% male) were recruited to undergo a comprehensive ophthalmic examination, including BCVA measurement, post-cycloplegic autorefraction, ocular biometry, tonometry, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging. The enhanced depth imaging mode on the SD-OCT was used. The main outcome measure was the central macular ChT (0.5-mm radius around the fovea). The ChTs at the inner (between 0.5-mm and 1.5-mm radius) and outer macular rings (between 1.5-mm and 2.5-mm radius) were also measured.
Results: The median central macular ChT was 370 μm (interquartile range 312-406 μm). The choroid was thickest at the superior-inner, inferior-inner, and central macular regions (370-373 μm) and thinnest nasally at the outer macular region (median 256 μm). Decreased central macular ChT was associated with younger age, female sex, nonwhite ethnicities, and myopia (P ≤ .013). There was a significant association between better BCVA and increased central macular ChT (P < .001), after adjusting for age, sex, ethnicity, and ocular measures. His relationship was only apparent in eyes with central macular ChTs <300 μm (P = .019) and absent in eyes with ChTs >300 μm.
Conclusions: The central ChT of young adults was 370 μm. There was a significant association between worse BCVA and thinner choroids below a threshold of 300 μm, raising the possibility that ChT could be predictive of visual function.
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: | 139492 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 12 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2020-06-17 |
Last Modified: | 2022-08-29 |
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