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Abstract #70745 Published in IGR 18-2
Effect of Aging on Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Normal Asian Indian Eyes: A Longitudinal Study
Mansoori T; Balakrishna NOphthalmic Epidemiology 2017; 24: 24-28
PURPOSE: To determine longitudinal retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness measurement change with aging, after a period of 3 years using spectral optical coherence tomography/scanning laser ophthalmoscope (OCT/SLO). METHODS: A total of 50 eyes of 25 normal subjects underwent RNFL thickness measurement in 2008 and again in 2011 by a single operator, using spectral OCT/SLO. Measurements were compared at baseline and at follow-up. Linear mixed model analysis was used to measure the effect of age on RNFL thickness measurements over the 3 years. RESULTS: Mean RNFL thickness was 107.92 ± 11.1 µm in 2008 and 106.56 ± 10.8 µm in 2011. For every year increase in age, mean RNFL thickness showed a statistically significant decrease by -0.54 µm (95% confidence interval, -0.76 to -0.31; p < 0.0001). There was a statistically significant loss of peripapillary RNFL thickness in most RNFL regions, except for the temporal quadrant (p = 0.37) and corresponding 7, 8, 9, and 10 o'clock hour sectors (p = 0.72, 0.75, 0.17, 0.14, respectively). CONCLUSION: RNFL thickness as measured by spectral OCT/SLO decreased significantly with advancing age over a period of 3 years, and was not uniform across the four quadrants. This age-related variation should be taken into account in RNFL thickness measurements when evaluating patients for diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma.
a Department of Glaucoma , Anand Eye Institute , Hyderabad , India.
Full articleClassification:
6.9.2.2 Posterior (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.9 Computerized image analysis > 6.9.2 Optical coherence tomography)
2.13 Retina and retinal nerve fibre layer (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)