Measurement of choroid thickness in pregnant women using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography

To investigate choroidal thickness in healthy pregnant women during different trimesters using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT). This prospective study included 90 healthy pregnant women in their first, second, or third trimester (groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively) and 30...

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Published in:Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia 2014-05, Vol.77 (3), p.148-151
Main Authors: Goktas, Sertan, Basaran, Ahmet, Sakarya, Yasar, Ozcimen, Muammer, Kucukaydin, Zehra, Sakarya, Rabia, Basaran, Mustafa, Erdogan, Erkan, Alpfidan, Ismail
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis of Variance
Blood Pressure - physiology
Choroid - anatomy & histology
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Organ Size
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimesters
Prospective Studies
Reference Values
Time Factors
Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods
Young Adult
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Summary:To investigate choroidal thickness in healthy pregnant women during different trimesters using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT). This prospective study included 90 healthy pregnant women in their first, second, or third trimester (groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively) and 30 non-pregnant healthy women (group 4). The age range for all groups was 18-40 years. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography scans were obtained to estimate the average choroidal thickness. Using EDI-OCT, we measured choroidal thickness manually from the outer border of the retinal pigment epithelium to the inner scleral border at the subfovea, 3 mm temporal, and 3 mm nasal to the fovea. Differences among groups were analyzed by one-way ANOVA. We found a statistically significant difference between groups 2 and group 4 for subfoveal, temporal, and nasal mean choroidal thickness (p=0.007, p
ISSN:0004-2749
1678-2925
DOI:10.5935/0004-2749.20140038