Disc-fovea distance and choroidal thickness: is there a relationship?
| Autor: | Cevher S; Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, 019040 Çorum, Turkey., Barış Üçer M; Department of Ophthalmology, Minister of Health Hitit University Erol Olçok Education and Research Hospital, Çorum, Turkey., Şahin T; Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Therapeutic advances in ophthalmology [Ther Adv Ophthalmol] 2022 May 15; Vol. 14, pp. 25158414221096062. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 15 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.1177/25158414221096062 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The distance between the optic disc center and the fovea is a biometric parameter; however, it is unclear whether DFD (disc-fovea distance) affects the choroidal thickness. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the association between DFD and choroidal thickness. Design: This is a prospective, and cross-sectional study. Methods: Two hundred fifty eyes of 250 healthy participants were examined in terms of DFD, age, axial length, spherical equivalent, and choroidal thickness. Inclusion criteria included aged between 20-40 years, no posterior segment disorders, and participants with best-corrected visual acuity (10/10 according to Snellen's chart). Participants with high hypermetropia (>4 diopter) or myopia (>6 diopter) or any systemic disease likely to affect choroidal thickness were excluded. Choroidal thickness measurements were performed at subfoveal, 1.0 mm temporal, and 1.0 mm nasal using the enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography. Results: The mean age of all the participants was 26.21 ± 5.73 years, mean DFD was 4634.29 ± 274.70 µm, mean axial length was 23.62 ± 0.83 mm, and mean spherical equivalent was -0.61 ± 1.06 diopter. The mean subfoveal, nasal, and temporal choroidal thicknesses were 388.73 ± 90.15 µm, 351.26 ± 88.09 µm, and 366.50 ± 79.56 µm, respectively. A negative correlation was found between subfoveal, nasal, and temporal choroidal thicknesses and axial length ( r = -0.157, p = 0.013; r = -0.168, p = 0.008; r = -0.174, p = 0.006, respectively). Insignificant correlation was found between choroidal thicknesses and spherical equivalent ( p > 0.05). There was not a statistically significant correlation between DFD and subfoveal, nasal, and temporal choroidal thicknesses ( r = -0.028, p = 0.655; r = 0.030, p = 0.641; r = -0.025, p = 0.699, respectively). In addition, there was not a statistically significant correlation between age and choroidal thickness. Conclusion: This study shows that DFD and spherical equivalent do not affect choroidal thickness; axial length negatively affects choroidal thickness. In addition, age does not affect choroidal thickness between 20 and 40 years. Competing Interests: Conflict of interest statement: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© The Author(s), 2022.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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