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Correlation between Choroidal Vascularity Index and Outer Retina in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy.

ABSTRACT: The choroid supplies blood to the outer retina. We quantified outer retinal and choroidal parameters to understand better the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME). The retrospective cross-sectional single-center study included 210 eyes from 139 diabetic patients and 76 eyes from 52 healthy controls. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) was carried out with a Spectralis HRA + OCT imaging device. The outer retinal layer (ORL), outer nuclear layer (ONL), and choroidal thicknesses were assessed along with the choroidal vascularity index (CVI). The presence of DR, whether with DME or without, was associated with choroidal thinning (p < 0.001). Compared with the controls, patients with DR without DME presented with lower ORL and ONL thickness (p < 0.001), whereas those with DR and DME had higher values of both parameters (p < 0.001). Significant correlations between outer retinal and choroidal parameters were found only in patients with DR without DME (ORL with choroidal thickness: p = 0.003, rho = 0.34; ORL with CVI: p < 0.001, rho = 0.49, ONL with CVI: p < 0.027, rho = 0.25). No correlations between choroidal and outer retinal parameters were observed in the controls and patients with DR and concomitant DME. Aside from diabetic choroidopathy, other pathogenic mechanisms seem to predominate in the latter group.

SUBMITTER: Sidorczuk P

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