PMID- 36726300 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230710 LR - 20230718 IS - 1724-6016 (Electronic) IS - 1120-6721 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Jul TI - Impact of pterygium on central corneal thickness measured by optical coherence tomography in older adults. PG - 1583-1588 LID - 10.1177/11206721231154433 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: To measure the central corneal thickness (CCT) using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) in older adults with and without pterygium from the Brazilian Amazon Region Eye Survey (BARES). METHODS: BARES is a population-based epidemiological cross-sectional study conducted in Parintins city. Participants were residents >/=45 years of age identified through a door-to-door interview. Eligible participants were invited for a comprehensive eye exam. Pterygium occurrence and severity were assessed by ophthalmologists through slit-lamp examination considering its location (nasal or/and temporal) and severity (lesion with extension <3 mm, >/=3 mm not reaching the pupillary margin or >/=3 mm reaching the pupillary margin). CCTs were obtained and measurements from the more severely affected eye were included. Images were analyzed offline by masked observers. RESULTS: A total of 671 subjects, 533 (79.4%) with pterygium in at least one eye and 138 (20.6%) without pterygium in either eye, were examined. The mean CCT evaluated by multiple linear regression and adjusted for demographic variables and pterygium severity was 521 +/- 34 mum (median = 521; range = 304-665). Decreased CCT was significantly associated with age and pterygium severity. Individuals aged 65-74 years had CCT 7 mum thinner than those aged 45-54 years (p = 0.044), individuals aged 75 years and older had CCT 15 mum thinner than those aged 45-54 years (p = 0.001), and eyes with severe pterygium had CCT 33 mum thinner than eyes without pterygium (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The CCT analysis in this population-based sample shows that a thinner cornea is associated with pterygium severity and older age. FAU - Dotto, Pedro Gabriel AU - Dotto PG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4281-1605 AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Salomao, Solange Rios AU - Salomao SR AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Fernandes, Arthur Gustavo AU - Fernandes AG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7525-1838 AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Mitsuhiro, Marcia Regina Kimie Higashi AU - Mitsuhiro MRKH AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Ferraz, Nivea Nunes AU - Ferraz NN AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7568-6199 AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Furtado, Joao Marcello AU - Furtado JM AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia, Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia de Cabeca e Pescoco, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 544243 FAU - Watanabe, Sung Song AU - Watanabe SS AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Cypel, Marcela AU - Cypel M AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Sacai, Paula Yuri AU - Sacai PY AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Cunha, Cristina Coimbra AU - Cunha CC AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 AD - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Para - UFPA, Belem, PA, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 37871 FAU - Vasconcelos, Galton Carvalho AU - Vasconcelos GC AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28114 FAU - Morales, Paulo Henrique AU - Morales PH AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Cohen, Marcos Jacob AU - Cohen MJ AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 AD - Divisao de Oftalmologia, Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM, Manaus, AM, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 67892 FAU - Cohen, Jacob Moyses AU - Cohen JM AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 AD - Divisao de Oftalmologia, Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Amazonas - UFAM, Manaus, AM, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 67892 FAU - Campos, Mauro AU - Campos M AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Munoz, Sergio AU - Munoz S AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 AD - Departamento de Salud Publica, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. RINGGOLD: 469458 FAU - Belfort, Rubens Jr AU - Belfort R Jr AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 FAU - Berezovsky, Adriana AU - Berezovsky A AD - Departamento de Oftalmologia e Ciencias Visuais, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. RINGGOLD: 28105 LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230201 PL - United States TA - Eur J Ophthalmol JT - European journal of ophthalmology JID - 9110772 RN - Pterygium Of Conjunctiva And Cornea SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Aged MH - Middle Aged MH - *Pterygium/diagnosis/pathology MH - Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Cornea/pathology MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Corneal Pachymetry/methods OTO - NOTNLM OT - Population-based OT - central corneal thickness OT - corneal pachymetry OT - optical coherence tomography OT - pterygium EDAT- 2023/02/03 06:00 MHDA- 2023/07/10 06:42 CRDT- 2023/02/02 01:22 PHST- 2023/07/10 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/02 01:22 [entrez] AID - 10.1177/11206721231154433 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul;33(4):1583-1588. doi: 10.1177/11206721231154433. Epub 2023 Feb 1.