Hanfei Wu, Haishuang Lin, Mengting Ruan, et al. Evaluation of choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in Chinese pregnant women and healthy non-pregnant women. [J]. AOPR 4(1):8-13(2024)
DOI:
Hanfei Wu, Haishuang Lin, Mengting Ruan, et al. Evaluation of choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in Chinese pregnant women and healthy non-pregnant women. [J]. AOPR 4(1):8-13(2024) DOI: 10.1016/j.aopr.2023.12.001.
Evaluation of choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in Chinese pregnant women and healthy non-pregnant women
摘要
Abstract
PurposeTo evaluate choroidal thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in different trimesters using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).MethodsA prospective comparative study included 45 healthy pregnant women in the first trimester
45 women in the second
45 women in the third and 45 healthy non-pregnant women as the control group. Macular choroidal thickness was measured at three locations: The subfoveal
1 mm temporal
and 1 mm nasal from the fovea with EDI-OCT. Peripapillary choroidal thickness (PPCT) and RNFL thickness parameters were automatically calculated by the Spectralis OCT.ResultsThe subfoveal
temporal and nasal macular choroidal thickness were all significantly thicker in the second trimester
compared with those parameters in the first
the third trimesters and the control group (all
P
<
0.05). The PPCT was significantly increased in the second trimeter compared with the control group at global
temporal
temporal inferior
nasal and nasal inferior positions (all
P
<
0.05). The RNFL thickness was also significantly increased in
pregnant women at nasal superior and nasal inferior quadrants (all
P
<
0.05).ConclusionsThe choroidal thickness in pregnant women was found to be thicker than the control group
regardless of macular or optic disc location. Findings of RNFL thickening might indicate subclinical involvement of the central nervous system.
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