Comparison of Associations with Different Macular Inner Retinal Thickness Parameters in a Large Cohort

Autor: Anthony P. Khawaja, Sharon Chua, Pirro G. Hysi, Stelios Georgoulas, Hannah Currant, Tomas W. Fitzgerald, Ewan Birney, Fang Ko, Qi Yang, Charles Reisman, David F. Garway-Heath, Chris J. Hammond, Peng T. Khaw, Paul J. Foster, Praveen J. Patel, Nicholas Strouthidis, Denize Atan, Tariq Aslam, Sarah A. Barman, Jenny H. Barrett, Paul Bishop, Peter Blows, Catey Bunce, Roxana O. Carare, Usha Chakravarthy, Michelle Chan, Sharon Y.L. Chua, David P. Crabb, Philippa M. Cumberland, Alexander Day, Parul Desai, Bal Dhillon, Andrew D. Dick, Cathy Egan, Sarah Ennis, Paul Foster, Marcus Fruttiger, John E.J. Gallacher, Jane Gibson, Dan Gore, Jeremy A. Guggenheim, Alison Hardcastle, Simon P. Harding, Ruth E. Hogg, Pirro Hysi, Pearse A. Keane, Sir Peng T. Khaw, Gerassimos Lascaratos, Andrew J. Lotery, Tom Macgillivray, Sarah Mackie, Keith Martin, Michelle McGaughey, Bernadette McGuinness, Gareth J. McKay, Martin McKibbin, Danny Mitry, Tony Moore, James E. Morgan, Zaynah A. Muthy, Eoin O’Sullivan, Chris G. Owen, Praveen Patel, Euan Paterson, Tunde Peto, Axel Petzold, Jugnoo S. Rahi, Alicja R. Rudnikca, Jay Self, Sobha Sivaprasad, David Steel, Irene Stratton, Cathie Sudlow, Dhanes Thomas, Emanuele Trucco, Adnan Tufail, Veronique Vitart, Stephen A. Vernon, Ananth C. Viswanathan, Cathy Williams, Katie Williams, Jayne V. Woodside, Max M. Yates, Jennifer Yip, Yalin Zheng
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Ophthalmology. 127:62-71
ISSN: 0161-6420
Popis: Purpose To describe and compare associations with macular retinal nerve fiber layer (mRNFL), ganglion cell complex (GCC), and ganglion cell–inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thicknesses in a large cohort. Design Cross-sectional study. Participants We included 42 044 participants in the UK Biobank. The mean age was 56 years. Methods Spectral-domain OCT macular images were segmented and analyzed. Corneal-compensated intraocular pressure (IOPcc) was measured with the Ocular Response Analyzer (Reichert, Corp., Buffalo, NY). Multivariable linear regression was used to examine associations with mean mRNFL, GCC, and GCIPL thicknesses. Factors examined were age, sex, ethnicity, height, body mass index (BMI), smoking status, alcohol intake, Townsend deprivation index, education level, diabetes status, spherical equivalent, and IOPcc. Main Outcome Measures Thicknesses of mRNFL, GCC, and GCIPL. Results We identified several novel independent associations with thinner inner retinal thickness. Thinner inner retina was associated with alcohol intake (most significant for GCIPL: –0.46 μm for daily or almost daily intake compared with special occasion only or never [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.61–0.30]; P = 1.1×10–8), greater social deprivation (most significant for GCIPL: –0.28 μm for most deprived quartile compared with least deprived quartile [95% CI, –0.42 to –0.14]; P = 6.6×10–5), lower educational attainment (most significant for mRNFL: –0.36 μm for less than O level compared with degree level [95% CI, –0.45 to 0.26]; P = 2.3×10–14), and nonwhite ethnicity (most significant for mRNFL comparing blacks with whites: –1.65 μm [95% CI, –1.86 to –1.43]; P = 2.4×10–50). Corneal-compensated intraocular pressure was associated most significantly with GCIPL (–0.04 μm/mmHg [95% CI, –0.05 to –0.03]; P = 4.0×10–10) and was not associated significantly with mRNFL (0.00 μm/mmHg [95% CI, –0.01 to 0.01]; P = 0.77). The variables examined explained a greater proportion of the variance of GCIPL (11%) than GCC (6%) or mRNFL (7%). Conclusions The novel associations we identified may be important to consider when using inner retinal parameters as a diagnostic tool. Associations generally were strongest with GCIPL, particularly for IOP. This suggests that GCIPL may be the superior inner retinal biomarker for macular pathophysiologic processes and especially for glaucoma.
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