Comparative analysis of choroidal thickness in third trimester pregnant women
| Autor: | Teresinha Zanella, Camila Zanella Benfica, Daniel Lavinsky, Maria Lúcia Rocha Oppermann, Lucas Brandolt Farias, Luis Henrique Santos Canani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Third trimester Corioide 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine lcsh:Ophthalmology Pregnancy Ophthalmology medicine business.industry Choroid Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography Gestational age medicine.disease eye diseases 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Estudos transversais Choroidal thickness lcsh:RE1-994 Tomografia de coerência óptica 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Gravidez Original Article sense organs Enhanced depth imaging business |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da UFRGS Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) instacron:UFRGS International Journal of Retina and Vitreous International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2018) |
| Popis: | Background The impact of pregnancy on the choroid is still under investigation. The aim of this study is to compare choroidal thickness measurements of healthy pregnant women in the third trimester and healthy non-pregnant women using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). Methods This cross-sectional study included 122 eyes of 61 women, divided into two groups: 27 healthy pregnant women in the third trimester and 34 age-matched healthy non-pregnant women. Choroidal thickness was measured using Enhanced Depth Imaging OCT at ten different locations: at the fovea and every 500 µm from the fovea up to 2500 µm temporally and up to 2000 µm nasally. Results There were no significant differences in the ten measurements of choroidal thickness comparing both groups. Mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 304.1 + 9.6 µm in the control group and 318.1 + 15.6 µm in the pregnant women group (p = 0.446). There was also no statistically significant association between gestational age and choroidal thickness measurements in the healthy pregnant women group. Conclusions Our study showed no statistically difference in choroidal thickness between healthy non-pregnant women and healthy pregnant women in the third trimester. |
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