Titre | Correlation between peripapillary choroidal thickness and retinal vessel oxygen saturation in young healthy individuals |
Abstract Nr. | 1047 |
But | To investigate the correlation between the peripapillary choroidal thickness (CT) and the retinal vessel oxygen saturation (SO2) in young healthy individuals. |
Méthodes | 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. |
Résultats | 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). |
Conclusion | In young healthy individuals, retinal vessel oxygen saturation appears to be positively correlated with the peripapillary choroidal thickness. |
Nom | VAN KEER |
Initiales | K |
Institut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Ville | Leuven |
Nom | ABEGãO PINTO |
Initiales | L |
Institut | Department of Pharmacology and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon |
Ville | Lisbon |
Nom | WILLEKENS |
Initiales | K |
Institut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Ville | Leuven |
Nom | STALMANS |
Initiales | I |
Institut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Ville | Leuven |
Nom | VANDEWALLE |
Initiales | E |
Institut | Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals Leuven |
Ville | Leuven |