PMID- 28042632
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170811
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1658-3175 (Electronic)
IS  - 0379-5284 (Print)
IS  - 0379-5284 (Linking)
VI  - 38
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Jan
TI  - Macular thickness in healthy Saudi adults. A spectral-domain optical coherence 
      tomography study.
PG  - 63-69
LID - 10.15537/smj.2017.1.17565 [doi]
AB  - To determine the macular thickness in the eyes of healthy Saudi adults using 
      spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods: This is a 
      prospective, cross-sectional study, including 158 healthy participants between 
      August and December 2015. Mean subject age was 29.9 +/- 7.85 years old. All 
      participants underwent full ophthalmic evaluation, including SD-OCT imaging, and 
      axial length measurement. Data from the right eye were included. Mean retinal 
      thickness was determined. Correlations between retinal thickness and gender, age, 
      axial length, and spherical equivalence were analyzed. Results: Mean central 
      retinal thickness was 244.76 +/- 23.62 microm, mean axial length was 23.8 +/- 1.062 mm 
      (range: 20.5-29 mm) and mean spherical equivalent was -0.31 +/- 1.75 diopters (D) 
      (range: -5.50 to +4.25 D). Central subfield (CSF) thickness and foveal volume 
      were significantly lower in women than in men (both p less than 0.001). Data from 
      the various age groups did not show statistically significant differences in the 
      CSF thickness (p=0.389) or foveal volume (p=0.341). A positive correlation 
      between CSF thickness and axial length (p less than 0.001) was 
      observed.  Conclusion: The normal macular thickness values in healthy Saudi 
      individuals is different from that reported in other ethnic groups, as obtained 
      by SD-OCT. Saudi men had thicker CSF than Saudi women and axial length was 
      positively correlated to the central foveal thickness.
FAU - Al-Zamil, Waseem M
AU  - Al-Zamil WM
AD  - Department of Ophthalmology, University of Dammam, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi 
      Arabia. E-mail. Waseem_alzamil@hotmail.com.
FAU - Al-Zwaidi, Fahad M
AU  - Al-Zwaidi FM
FAU - Yassin, Sanaa A
AU  - Yassin SA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Saudi Arabia
TA  - Saudi Med J
JT  - Saudi medical journal
JID - 7909441
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Macula Lutea/*anatomy & histology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Saudi Arabia
MH  - Tomography, Optical Coherence
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC5278067
EDAT- 2017/01/04 06:00
MHDA- 2017/08/12 06:00
PMCR- 2017/01/01
CRDT- 2017/01/03 06:00
PHST- 2017/01/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/01/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/08/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - SaudiMedJ-38-63 [pii]
AID - 10.15537/smj.2017.1.17565 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Saudi Med J. 2017 Jan;38(1):63-69. doi: 10.15537/smj.2017.1.17565.