Choriocapillaris flow deficits in normal Chinese imaged by swept-source optical coherence tomographic angiography
Purpose - To evaluate the ocular and systemic determinants of the choriocapillaris flow deficits percentage (CC FD%) in normal eyes. - Design - Observational cross-sectional study. - Methods - Healthy Chinese participants without ocular or systemic diseases underwent detailed ophthalmic evaluations,...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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March 2022
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American journal of ophthalmology
Year: 2022, Volume: 235, Pages: 143-153 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1891 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.09.018 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2021.09.018 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002939421004712 
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| Author Notes: | Weijing Cheng, Yunhe Song, Fengbin Lin, Ling Jin, Zhenyu Wang, Jost B. Jonas, Wei Wang, and Xiulan Zhang |
| Summary: | Purpose - To evaluate the ocular and systemic determinants of the choriocapillaris flow deficits percentage (CC FD%) in normal eyes. - Design - Observational cross-sectional study. - Methods - Healthy Chinese participants without ocular or systemic diseases underwent detailed ophthalmic evaluations, including swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) with 6- × 6-mm macular choriocapillaris images. The CC FD% was assessed in circular regions with diameters of 1.0 and 5.0 mm, rings with 1.0- to 2.5-mm diameters, and rings with 2.5- to 5.0-mm diameters. - Results - The study included 830 individuals (mean ± SD age 58.66 ± 8.75 years). CC FD% (mean ± SD 22.05% ± 1.13%) was the lowest in the 2.5- to 5.0-mm ring, followed by the 1.0- to 2.5-mm ring, and highest in the 1.0-mm circle. In multivariable analysis, a higher CC FD% was associated with older age (β = 0.16 [95% confidence interval {CI}] 0.08-0.24, P < .001), higher intraocular pressure (β = 0.34 [95% CI 0.25-0.42], P < .001), higher serum concentrations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (β = 0.24 [95% CI 0.17-0.32], P < .001), and lower image quality score (β = −0.22 [95% CI −0.30 to −0.14], P < .001). CC FD% was also independent of axial length. - Conclusions - In healthy adult Chinese individuals, a higher CC FD% was associated with older age, higher intraocular pressure, and higher high-density lipoprotein cholesterol serum concentration. These factors may influence clinical assessments of the choriocapillaris. The lack of an association between CC FD% and axial length is consistent with similar findings for Bruch membrane thickness, macular retinal thickness, and macular retinal pigment epithelium cell density. |
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| Item Description: | Online verfügbar: 25. September 2021, Artikelversion: 11. Dezember 2021 Gesehen am 09.04.2024 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1879-1891 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.09.018 |