September 2016
Volume 57, Issue 12
Open Access
ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   September 2016
Racial differences in correlations between optic nerve head morphology and ocular blood flow in healthy eyes
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Koosha Ramezani
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Alon Harris
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Brent A Siesky
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Carine Olinde
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Darrell WuDunn
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Betul Kaskan
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Jennifer Eikenberry
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Leslie Abrams Tobe
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Lyne Racette
    Department of Ophthalmology, Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   Koosha Ramezani, None; Alon Harris, AdOM (I), AdOM (C), Biolight (C), Isama therapeutics (C), Nano Retina (C), Ono (C), Oxymap (I), Science Based Health (C), Stemnion Inc. (C); Brent Siesky, None; Carine Olinde, None; Darrell WuDunn, Aerie Pharmaceuticals (C), Allergan (C), InnFocus (C), Mati Therapeutics (C); Betul Kaskan, None; Jennifer Eikenberry, None; Leslie Tobe, None; Lyne Racette, None
  • Footnotes
    Support  Biomedical Research Grant from Indiana University School of Medicine (LR); IUPUI DRIVE (Developing Diverse Researchers with InVestigative Expertise); unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science September 2016, Vol.57, 2983. doi:
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      Koosha Ramezani, Alon Harris, Brent A Siesky, Carine Olinde, Darrell WuDunn, Betul Kaskan, Jennifer Eikenberry, Leslie Abrams Tobe, Lyne Racette; Racial differences in correlations between optic nerve head morphology and ocular blood flow in healthy eyes. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2016;57(12):2983.

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Abstract

Purpose : To assess differences in the relationship between optic nerve head (ONH) morphology and ocular blood flow between persons of African descent (AD) and European descent (ED) with healthy eyes.

Methods : 46 participants (20 AD, 26 ED) with normal fundoscopic exam and intraocular pressure (IOP) <22mmHg were included. Each participant was assessed for disc area (DA), rim area (RA), linear cup to disc ratio (CDR), mean retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness by Heidelberg retina tomograph. Retrobulbar blood flow was assessed by color Doppler imaging in the ophthalmic (OA), central retinal (CRA), nasal short posterior ciliary (NPCA) and temporal short posterior ciliary (TPCA) arteries. Peak systolic velocity (PSV), end diastolic velocity (EDV) and the resistive index (RI) were assessed in each artery. Mean retinal capillary blood flow and % of the area with no blood flow (% zero flow pixels) in both hemifields were measured with Heidelberg retinal flowmeter. Correlations between ONH morphology and ocular blood flow were derived using Pearson correlations. Differences between the correlations in the AD and ED groups were assessed using the Fisher r-to-z transformation method.

Results : No significant differences in age, gender, IOP and blood pressure were observed between groups. Significant differences in correlations were observed between the AD and ED groups in the CRA. In this artery, PSV and DA were positively correlated in AD (r=0.43) and negatively correlated in ED (r=-0.35) (Δr=0.78; p=0.01). A similar finding was observed for PSV and RA (AD: r=0.39; ED: r=-0.22; Δr=0.61; p=0.04). Significant negative correlations between RI and CDR were observed in all arteries in the ED group (r coefficients range=-0.48 to -0.39), but not in the AD group (r coefficients range=-0.14 to 0.17). No significant differences were observed in the correlations of ONH morphology and capillary blood flow. However, in the inferior hemifield, a positive correlation was found between zero flow pixel and RNFL thickness (r=0.51, p=0.01) and a negative correlation between mean retinal flow and RNFL thickness (r=-0.50, p=0.01) in the ED group only.

Conclusions : ONH morphology and ocular blood flow relationship was significantly different in the healthy eyes of AD compared to ED. More research is required to show how these differences may affect glaucomatous risk.

This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, Wash., May 1-5, 2016.

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