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Gender- and age-related differences in foveal pit morphology.
Liu, Yen-Ting; Ma, I-Hsin; Hsieh, Yi-Ting.
Afiliación
  • Liu YT; Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Ma IH; Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Hsieh YT; Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Biomedical Park Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Indian J Ophthalmol ; 72(Suppl 1): S37-S41, 2024 Jan 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38131540
ABSTRACT

AIMS:

To measure the foveal pit morphology parameters and evaluate their correlations with age and sex. SETTINGS AND

DESIGN:

A retrospective cross-sectional matched comparison study in a tertiary center. METHODS AND MATERIALS Forty men and 40 age-matched women who had normal macular structures and foveal contours were enrolled. Foveal pit parameters including top width, base width, nasal width, temporal width, minimal thickness, nasal thickness, temporal thickness, nasal height, temporal height, nasal slope, and temporal slope were measured on horizontal B-scan macular optical coherence tomography and compared between men and women. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED Paired t-tests and Pearson's correlation analysis.

RESULTS:

The average patient age was 51.4 ± 17.5 (21-84) years. Women had a wider base width (313.1 ± 68.0 µm vs 266.8 ± 70.9 µm, P = 0.006), wider temporal width (1043.1 ± 245.6 µm vs 968.9 ± 261.0 µm, P = 0.006), thinner nasal thickness (345.6 ± 36.2 µm vs 359.7 ± 35.8 µm, P = 0.048), and flatter temporal slope (11.60 ± 2.52° vs 12.98 ± 2.68°, P = 0.016) than men. With age, the base width (r = 0.35, P = 0.025) and temporal width (r = 0.54, P = 0.0003) tended to be wider and the temporal slope was flatter (r = -0.45, P = 0.003) in women but not men. The minimal thickness tended to be thinner in the elderly group (r = 0.038, P = 0.015).

CONCLUSIONS:

Women had a significantly wider base width, wider temporal width, thinner nasal thickness, and flatter temporal slope of the foveal pit than age-matched men. The base width and temporal width were wider and the temporal slope was flatter with age in women but not men.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica / Fóvea Central Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Indian J Ophthalmol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Taiwán Pais de publicación: India

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Tomografía de Coherencia Óptica / Fóvea Central Límite: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Revista: Indian J Ophthalmol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Taiwán Pais de publicación: India