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Evaluation of choroidal thickness and choroidal vascularity index during pregnancy      
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Emine Temel
Nazife Aşıkgarip
Doç. Dr. Özkan KOCAMIŞ Doç. Dr. Özkan KOCAMIŞ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖRNEK Prof. Dr. Kemal ÖRNEK
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Okan Arıöz
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Özet
Objective: To assess the choroidal structural characteristics in the first and third trimesters in pregnant women using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography and binarization method.
Design: Prospective study.
Participants: Twenty-five eyes of 25 pregnant women in the first trimester (group 1) and 25 eyes of 25 pregnant women in the third trimester (group 2) were examined. Healthy age-matched 25 participants were enrolled as a control group (group 3).
Methods: The choroidal thickness (CT) was measured at 3 points; subfoveal, 1500 mm nasal to the fovea, and 1500 mm temporal to the fovea. Total choroidal area, luminal area, stromal area, stroma/lumen ratio, and choroidal vascularity index (CVI) were measured by Image-J software.
Results: The mean subfoveal and nasal CT were statistically significantly increased in group 1 compared with controls (p = 0.005 and p = 0.004, respectively). The mean temporal CT was statistically significantly increased in group 1 compared with groups 2 and 3 (group 1 vs group 2, p = 0.043; group 1 vs group 3, p = 0.011). The mean total choroidal area, stromal area, and luminal area were significantly increased in groups 1 and 2 compared with control group (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.001, and p < 0.001, p = 0.002, p = 0.002, respectively). There were no statistically significant differences among groups in terms of mean stroma/lumen ratio and CVI (p = 0.148 and p = 0.312, respectively).
Conclusions: There was a significant increase in subfoveal, temporal, and nasal CT in the first trimester. Total choroidal, stromal, and luminal areas were significantly increased in the first and third trimesters.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-JOURNAL CANADIEN D OPHTALMOLOGIE
Dergi ISSN 0008-4182 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 08-2021
Cilt No 56
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 237 / 243
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.jcjo.2020.12.002