Author:
Verma Aditya,Magesan Kowsigan,Mahalingam Maanasi,T Amose,Sadda SriniVas R.,Corradetti Giulia,Alagorie Ahmed Roshdy,Gnanaraj Ramya,Sen Parveen
Abstract
Objective:
To analyze age-related changes in the choroid in healthy eyes using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA).
Patients and Methods:
This was a cross-sectional, prospective, observational study enrolling 222 eyes of 116 healthy participants. SS-OCTA images were captured using the PLEX Elite 9000 (Carl Zeiss Meditec) with a 6 x 6 mm pattern centered on the fovea. Subfoveal choroidal thickness (CT) and choroidal volume (CV) were generated automatically through manufacturer tools available in the Advanced Retinal Imaging (ARI) hub network. Choroidal vascularity index (CVI) and choriocapillaris flow deficits (CCFD) were computed using ImageJ.
Results:
CV was found to be significantly higher in women than men. Overall, there was a significant positive correlation between CVI and CCFD, and a significant negative correlation between CT and CV with age. The relationship, however, was more complex, as a decade-wise analysis showed that CT and CV increased until the second decade, followed by a decrease until the sixth decade, and then an increase again in the seventh and eighth decades. CVI was highest in the seventh decade. In contrast, CCFD increased consistently with age and in all the Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) rings.
Conclusion:
The choroidal blood flow and its thickness reduces as the age advances. While the choroidal flow deficits show a consistent increase with age and the distance from the foveal center, the relationship of other parameters with age is more complex. Having a normative database from healthy subjects is imperative for understanding the changes taking place in diseased states. Choroidal parameters can show significant variations with age. These differences are not uniform or consistent with age, highlighting the importance of a normative reference database to assess the significance of choroidal alterations associated with disease.
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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
2023;54:526–534.]
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