Abstract
Purpose :
To investigate the association between the photopic negative response (PhNR) and structural/angiographic optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters in glaucoma patients.
Methods :
This cross-sectional study enrolled patients with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). All patients completed a full ophthalmological examination. One eye per patients underwent optical biometry, OCT, OCT angiography (OCT-A) and, full-field electroretinography to analyze the PhNR. OCT measurements: ganglion cell layer plus inner plexiform layer thickness (GCL+) and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL). Macular OCT-A measurements: vascular density of the superficial retinal layer (vd-SRL) and vascular density of the deep retinal layer (vd-DRL). Standard automated perimetry (SAP) was also performed.
Results :
The study population consisted of 28 POAG patients. The PhNR significantly correlates with GCL++ thickness and vd-SRL (p=0.02 and p=0.01, respectively) but not with cpRNFL, SAP or, vd-DRL. Multivariate linear regression analysis, while controlling for the potentially confounding effect of age, central corneal thickness (CCT), axial length showed that each 10 μm decrease in GCL+ thickness was associated with a 0.90 μV decrease in the PhNR (p=0.006) and that each 1% decrease in vd-SRL was associated with a 0.35 μV decrease in the PhNR (p<0.001). The multivariate regression also adjusted for the effect of SAP showed that vd-SRL was independently associated with the PhNR (R2=0.677, p<0.001). When controlling for the same variables, GCL+ wasn’t independently associated with the PhNR (p=0.143).
Conclusions :
Our study confirms the significant relationship between OCT structural measurements and PhNR. Moreover, we showed a significant association between macular vascular density and the PhNR.
This abstract was presented at the 2019 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Vancouver, Canada, April 28 - May 2, 2019.