Atsushi Fujiwara
   Department   Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare  ,
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types 原著
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Factors Affecting Choroidal Vascular Density in Normal Eyes: Quantification Using En Face Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography.
Journal Formal name：American journal of ophthalmology
Abbreviation：Am J Ophthalmol
ISSN code：18791891/00029394
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 170,pp.1-9
Author and coauthor Fujiwara Atsushi, Morizane Yuki, Hosokawa Mio, Kimura Shuhei, Kumase Fumiaki, Shiode Yusuke, Doi Shinichiro, Hirano Masayuki, Toshima Shinji, Hosogi Mika, Shiraga Fumio
Publication date 2016/10
Summary PURPOSE:To quantify the vascular density of the choroid of normal eyes and to identify the influencing factors using en face images obtained with swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS OCT).DESIGN:Prospective cross-sectional study.METHODS:One hundred and sixty-three eyes of 163 healthy volunteers (83 female; mean age 42.2 ± 22.6 years) with a corrected visual acuity of ≥1.0 were investigated. En face SS OCT images of the choroid were used for quantitative assessment of the vascular density in the large choroid vessel layer. Relationships between vascular density of the choroid and age, sex, refractive error (RE), axial length (AL), and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SCT) were also investigated.RESULTS:There was a significant negative relationship between vascular density of the choroid and subject age (P < .001). Analysis according to age showed a significant correlation in the group aged >30 years (P < .001), but not in the group aged ≤30 years (P = .225). SCT had a significant positive relationship with vascular density of the choroid (P < .001). However, a significant correlation was not observed between sex, RE, or AL and vascular density of the choroid (P = .981, P = .292, and P = .216, respectively). Multivariable regression analysis with vascular density of the choroid as the dependent variable and age, sex, RE, AL, and SCT as independent variables showed that age and SCT are important determinants of vascular density of the choroid (P < .001).CONCLUSION:Age and SCT affect vascular density of the choroid.
DOI 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.07.006
PMID 27430684