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Retinal Vasculometry Associations With Glaucoma: Findings From the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer-Norfolk Eye Study.


ABSTRACT: Purpose: To examine retinal vasculometry associations with different glaucomas in older British people.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: A total of 8,623 European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk Eye study participants were examined, who underwent retinal imaging, ocular biometry assessment, and clinical ascertainment of ocular hypertensive or glaucoma status (including glaucoma suspect [GS], high-tension open-angle glaucoma [HTG], and normal-tension glaucoma [NTG]). Automated measures of arteriolar and venular tortuosity, area, and width from retinal images were obtained. MainOutcomeMeasures: Associations between glaucoma and retinal vasculometry outcomes were analyzed using multilevel linear regression, adjusted for age, sex, height, axial length, intraocular and systemic blood pressure, and within-person clustering, to provide absolute differences in width and area, and percentage differences in vessel tortuosity. Presence or absence of within-person-between-eye differences in retinal vasculometry by diagnoses were examined.

Results: A total of 565,593 vessel segments from 5,947 participants (mean age 67.6 years, SD 7.6 years, 57% women) were included; numbers with HTG, NTG, and GS in at least 1 eye were 87, 82, and 439, respectively. Thinner arterioles (-3.2 ?m; 95% confidence interval [CI] -4.4 ?m, -1.9 ?m) and venules (-2.7 ?m; 95% CI -4.9 ?m, -0.5 ?m) were associated with HTG. Reduced venular area was associated with HTG (-0.2 mm2; 95% CI -0.3 mm2, -0.1 mm2) and NTG (-0.2 mm2; 95% CI -0.3 mm2, -0.0 mm2). Less tortuous retinal arterioles and venules were associated with all glaucomas, but only significantly for GS (-3.9%; 95% CI -7.7%, -0.1% and -4.8%; 95% CI -7.4%, -2.1%, respectively). There was no evidence of within-person-between-eye differences in retinal vasculometry associations by diagnoses.

Conclusions: Retinal vessel width associations with glaucoma and novel associations with vessel area and tortuosity, together with no evidence of within-person-between-eye differences in retinal vasculometry, suggest a vascular cause of glaucoma.

SUBMITTER: Rudnicka AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7706353 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Retinal Vasculometry Associations With Glaucoma: Findings From the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer-Norfolk Eye Study.

Rudnicka Alicja R AR   Owen Christopher G CG   Welikala Roshan A RA   Barman Sarah A SA   Whincup Peter H PH   Strachan David P DP   Chan Michelle P Y MPY   Khawaja Anthony P AP   Broadway David C DC   Luben Robert R   Hayat Shabina A SA   Khaw Kay-Tee KT   Foster Paul J PJ  

American journal of ophthalmology 20200725


<h4>Purpose</h4>To examine retinal vasculometry associations with different glaucomas in older British people.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional study.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 8,623 European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk Eye study participants were examined, who underwent retinal imaging, ocular biometry assessment, and clinical ascertainment of ocular hypertensive or glaucoma status (including glaucoma suspect [GS], high-tension open-angle glaucoma [HTG], and normal-tension glauco  ...[more]

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