Choroidal thickness in healthy Turkish subjects

Authors

EROL COŞKUN
SEYDİ OKUMUŞ
BÜLENT GÜRLER
RAMAZAN YAYUSPAYI
BURAK ÖREN
ERDAL KAYDU
AYŞEGÜL ÇÖMEZ
İBRAHİM ERBAĞCI

Abstract

To investigate choroidal thickness in healthy Turkish subjects. Materials and methods: Refraction, axial length (AXL) measurement, anterior chamber, and fundus examinations were performed. Eyes that had any retinal or choroidal pathology were excluded from the study. Enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography was used to evaluate choroidal thickness. Results: 139 eyes from 70 subjects were investigated. The mean age, AXL, spherical equivalent refractive error (SE), and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT) were 34.7 ± 12.7 years, 23.31 ± 0.91 mm, -0.15 ± 1.64 diopters (D), and 326 ± 60 µm, respectively. A negative correlation was found between SCT and AXL (P = 0.043). The mean age, SE, AXL, and SCT were 31.7 ± 9.3 and 34.6 ± 14.3 years, -0.27 ± 1.45 and 0.02 ± 1.89 D, 23.52 ± 0.94 and 23.02 ± 0.75 mm, and 324 ± 69 and 329 ± 40 µm in male and female subjects, respectively (P = 0.14, P = 0.31, P = 0.001, and P = 0.58, respectively). Regression analysis showed that SCT decreased by 0.93 µm for each year of age. Conclusion: In healthy Turkish subjects, SCT decreased by 0.93 µm for each year of age and was thicker in men when the results were adjusted according to AXL measurements.

DOI

10.3906/sag-1211-43

Keywords

Choroidal thickness, EDI OCT

First Page

56

Last Page

61

Recommended Citation

COŞKUN, EROL; OKUMUŞ, SEYDİ; GÜRLER, BÜLENT; YAYUSPAYI, RAMAZAN; ÖREN, BURAK; KAYDU, ERDAL; ÇÖMEZ, AYŞEGÜL; and ERBAĞCI, İBRAHİM (2014) "Choroidal thickness in healthy Turkish subjects," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 44: No. 1, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1211-43
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol44/iss1/9