OCTA biomarkers in adults aged 50 and above : a prospective and cross-sectional community-based study

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: To assess the normative values and parameters of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) influencing the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in adults aged 50 and above.

METHODS: This was a prospective cross-sectional study from an eye screening programme in Hong Kong for 4188 citizens aged 50 and above. Images were analysed using a validated quantification software calculating vessel density and capillary perfusion density (CPD), along with other OCTA parameters, such as the foveal avascular zone area (FAZ) and circularity. OCTA data was collected from May 2019 to December 2020, including a total of 4188 healthy eyes from 4188 subjects.

RESULTS: Mean superficial vessel density (MSVD) was 14.48 ± 3.60 mm- 1, while the mean capillary perfusion density (MCPD) was 0.41 ± 0.06. Multivariate analysis revealed ageing (β = 0.321, p < 0.001), being male (β=-0.089, p < 0.001), having a high body mass index (BMI) (β = 0.039, p = 0.006), high FAZ area and low FAZ circularity (β = 0.039 and - 0.034, p = 0.01 and 0.024 respectively), low MSVD in the outer ring (β=-0.513, p < 0.001), specifically in the nasal and temporal outer quadrants (β = -0.226 and - 0.259, p < 0.001 for both), and low MCPD in the outer superior quadrant (β= -0.123, p = 0.016) being independently associated with BCVA.

CONCLUSION: High FAZ area and low FAZ circularity, low MSVD in the outer ring, specifically the nasal and temporal outer quadrants, and low MCPD in the outer superior quadrant can be used as biomarkers in predicting a low visual acuity in adults aged 50 and above.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC ophthalmology - 23(2023), 1 vom: 16. Feb., Seite 71

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Yan Kiu [VerfasserIn]
Fung, Nicholas Siu-Kay [VerfasserIn]
Chan, Jonathan C H [VerfasserIn]
Choy, Bonnie N K [VerfasserIn]
Chow, Loraine L W [VerfasserIn]
Shih, Kendrick C [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Jasper K W [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Ian Y H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Macula
OCTA
Vision

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Date Completed 22.02.2023

Date Revised 22.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12886-023-02815-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353041777