Abstract
Purpose:
To investigate the effect of hypertension on macular choroidal thickness.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study included 10 eyes of hypertensive patients and 10 eyes of healthy controls. No ocular abnormalities were detected. Eyes were examined using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.
Results:
The mean macular choroidal thickness was 253 ± 80 μm in hypertensive patients compared with 270 ± 87 μm in healthy controls with borderline significant difference (p=0.045)
Conclusions:
Macula choroidal thickness was found to be significantly thinner in subjects with hypertension. Such diffrence must be taken into consideration whenever measuring choroidal thickness.