April 2011
Volume 52, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2011
Choroidal Thickness and Visual Acuity in Highly Myopic Eyes
Takamitsu Fujiwara; Yutaka Imamura; Luiz H. Lima; Yasunori Nishida; Daijiro Kurosaka; Richard F. Spaide
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Takamitsu Fujiwara
    Ophthalmology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
    2) The Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York., New York, New York
  • Yutaka Imamura
    2) The Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York., New York, New York
  • Luiz H. Lima
    2) The Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York., New York, New York
  • Yasunori Nishida
    Ophthalmology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
  • Daijiro Kurosaka
    Ophthalmology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
  • Richard F. Spaide
    2) The Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York and the LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York., New York, New York
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  Takamitsu Fujiwara, None; Yutaka Imamura, None; Luiz H. Lima, None; Yasunori Nishida, None; Daijiro Kurosaka, None; Richard F. Spaide, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2011, Vol.52, 2714. doi:
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      Takamitsu Fujiwara, Yutaka Imamura, Luiz H. Lima, Yasunori Nishida, Daijiro Kurosaka, Richard F. Spaide; Choroidal Thickness and Visual Acuity in Highly Myopic Eyes. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011;52(14):2714.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To examine predictive factors for visual acuity in highly myopic eyes.

Methods: : Consecutive patients with high myopia (≥6 diopters) with no other pathology such as lacquer cracks in the fovea, choroidal neovascularization, or myopic macular schisis were evaluated in the retina services in two countries, one in New York City (NY) in the United States and the second in Morioka in the Iwate prefecture of Japan. Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography was obtained in highly myopic eyes, and the central foveal, outer retinal hyporeflective layer and inner segment to retinal pigment epithelium aggregate and the subfoveal choroidal thicknesses were measured. Correlations were calculated among the measured variables and visual acuity. Generalized estimating equations were used to identify predictors of visual acuity.

Results: : The NY cohort was comprised of 35 eyes of 25 patients who had a mean age of 57.3 years (standard deviation [±] 17.4 years) and a mean refractive error of -11 diopters (±3.6 diopters). The Japanese cohort was composed of 110 eyes of 61 patients who had a mean age of 46.8 years ([±] 14.7 years) and a mean refractive error of -9.2 diopters (±3.1 diopters) and a mean axial length of 27 mm (±1.4). The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 113.3 (±54.8) µm in the NY group and 172.9 (±72.8) µm in the Japanese group. In each group the subfoveal choroidal thickness showed a significant inverse correlation with age and myopic refractive spherical equivalent. The subfoveal choroidal thickness negatively correlated with logMAR visual acuity (P = 0.035, NY, P = 0.001, Japan). The only significant predictor in the pooled data for logMAR visual acuity was subfoveal choroidal thickness (P = <0.001).

Conclusions: : Choroidal thickness in high myopia is inversely correlated with increasing age and myopic refractive error and is an important predictor of visual acuity. Race did not appear to be an important determinant of visual acuity.

Keywords: myopia • choroid • visual acuity 
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