Titel | Correlation between peripapillary choroidal thickness and retinal vessel oxygen saturation in young healthy individuals |
Abstract Nr. | 1047 |
Doel | To investigate the correlation between the peripapillary choroidal thickness (CT) and the retinal vessel oxygen saturation (SO2) in young healthy individuals. |
Methodes | Young healthy volunteers were recruited in this observational, cross-sectional study. Peripapillary CT was obtained using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT). Arterial (SaO2) and venous retinal oxygen saturation (SvO2) were measured by a noninvasive spectrophotometric retinal oximeter in all four quadrants. Spearman’s rank correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to determine relationships between choroidal thickness and oxymetric parameters. |
Resultaten | 54 eyes of 54 individuals aged 21.6±1.1 years were analyzed. Average SaO2 (92.3±3.0%) and SvO2 (55.4±4.6%) were positively correlated with the average peripapillary CT at 500µm from the optic disc margin (Spearmans’s R = 0.477 , p < 0.001 and 0.414 , p < 0.002 respectively). These results were confirmed to be independent of intraocular pressure and hemodynamic parameters on multivariate linear regression analysis (p < 0.01). |
Conclusie | In young healthy individuals, retinal vessel oxygen saturation appears to be positively correlated with the peripapillary choroidal thickness. |
Naam | VAN KEER |
Initialen | K |
Instituut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Stad | Leuven |
Naam | ABEGãO PINTO |
Initialen | L |
Instituut | Department of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon |
Stad | Lisbon |
Naam | WILLEKENS |
Initialen | K |
Instituut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Stad | Leuven |
Naam | STALMANS |
Initialen | I |
Instituut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Stad | Leuven |
Naam | VANDEWALLE |
Initialen | E |
Instituut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Stad | Leuven |