June 2015
Volume 56, Issue 7
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   June 2015
Correlation between central cornea thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma.
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Diego Tebaldi de Queiroz Barbosa
    Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Lucas Della Paolera
    Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Luana Trama
    Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Cristiano Caixeta Umbelino
    Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Niro Kasahara
    Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Mauricio Della Paolera
    Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships Diego Barbosa, None; Lucas Paolera, None; Luana Trama, None; Cristiano Umbelino, None; Niro Kasahara, None; Mauricio Paolera, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science June 2015, Vol.56, 4572. doi:
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      Diego Tebaldi de Queiroz Barbosa, Lucas Della Paolera, Luana Trama, Cristiano Caixeta Umbelino, Niro Kasahara, Mauricio Della Paolera; Correlation between central cornea thickness and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma.. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2015;56(7 ):4572.

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Abstract

Purpose: To correlate central cornea thickness (CCT) measurements with retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in glaucoma patients.<br /> Hypothesis: subjects with thicker corneas have thicker nerve fiber layer.

Methods: Retrospective data review. CCT measurements taken with an optical pachymeter and RNFL evaluation done with optical coherence tomography (OCT) ganglion cell complex (GCC) protocol. Statistical analysis done with the Pearson’s correlation coefficient.

Results: Sixty-three eyes of 63 patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension; 30 were male and 33 female. There was no association between two variables (CCT and GCC). Pearson r and P values for the association between CCT and GCC average were 0.1425 and 0.265 respectively, for CCT and GCC superior were 0.1008 and 0.431, and for CCT and GCC inferior were 0.1571 and 0.218.

Conclusions: In patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension the CCT does not correlate with the RNFL.

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