Wide-field choroidal thickness and vascularity index in myopes and emmetropes

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Yazdani, N
Ehsaei, A
Hoseini-Yazdi, H
Shoeibi, N
Alonso-Caneiro, D
Collins, MJ
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2021
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Purpose: To study regional variations in choroidal thickness (CT), luminal thickness and stromal thickness of the choroid, and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in low myopic and emmetropic eyes using wide-field optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods: Sixty-nine healthy young adults between 20 and 38 years of age participated in this study, including 40 low myopes (mean ± SD spherical equivalent (MSE) refractive error: −3.00 ± 1.39 D, range: −6.00 to −0.62 D) and 29 emmetropes (MSE: −0.05 ± 0.09 D, range: −0.25 to +0.12 D). Wide-field CT, luminal thickness, stromal thickness and CVI were measured across five eccentricities (fovea, parafovea, perifovea; near-periphery and periphery) and four quadrants (nasal, temporal, inferior and superior), in vertical and horizontal meridians, while controlling for a range of extraneous factors potentially influencing the CT. Custom-written software was used to segment and binarize the OCT images. Results: Wide-field CT, luminal thickness and stromal thickness, averaged across all participants, exhibited significant topographical variation, with the foveal (379 ± 8 µm, 200 ± 4 µm, 179 ± 4 µm, respectively) and peripheral (275 ± 8 µm, 161 ± 4 µm, 114 ± 4 µm, respectively) regions presenting the thickest and thinnest regions (all p < 0.001). Wide-field CVI showed a progressively higher percentage (greater vascularity) with increasing eccentricity from the fovea towards the periphery (p < 0.001). Macular CT and stromal choroidal thickness were significantly thinner in myopes compared to emmetropes (p < 0.05). Myopes (55.7 ± 0.3%) showed a slightly higher CVI compared with emmetropes (54.4 ± 0.4%) (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Low myopia in young adults was associated with significant choroidal thinning across the macular, but not extramacular regions, with this decrease in choroidal thickness mostly attributed to thinning in the stromal component of the choroid, rather than the luminal (vascular) component.

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Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

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41

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6

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Clinical sciences

choroidal thickness

choroidal vascularity index

emmetropia

luminal

myopia

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Yazdani, N; Ehsaei, A; Hoseini-Yazdi, H; Shoeibi, N; Alonso-Caneiro, D; Collins, MJ, Wide-field choroidal thickness and vascularity index in myopes and emmetropes, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 2021, 41 (6), pp. 1308-1319

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