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- Title
Normative database of retinal nerve fiber layer and macular retinal thickness in a Thai population.
- Authors
Anita Manassakorn; Winai Chaidaroon; Somsanguan Ausayakhun; Soontaree Aupapong; Sopa Wattananikorn
- Abstract
Abstract Purpose To investigate the distribution of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular retinal thickness measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in a Thai population. Methods We studied one eye each of 250 healthy subjects [age ≥ 18 years; spherical refractive error within ±6 diopters (D); astigmatism ≤3 D; no ocular pathology]. A complete eye examination, standard automated perimetry, and fast RNFL and macular thickness measurement by OCT were performed, and a disc photograph was taken. The distributions of both thicknesses, including their relationship with demographic data, were analyzed. Results The mean ± SD age of the study population was 44.7 ± 12.2 years. The mean ± SD RNFL thickness was 109.3 ± 10.5 m, which was 10% thicker than that in the OCT normative database. RNFL decreased 2.3 m per decade (P P P P Conclusions RNFL thickness in the measured Thai population was about 10% thicker than that in the original normative database. Macular thickness and RNFL thickness in the superior and inferior quadrants decreased with advancing age.
- Subjects
RETINAL diseases; NERVE fibers; THICKNESS measurement; OPTICAL coherence tomography; EYE examination; REFRACTIVE errors
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2008, Vol 52, Issue 6, p450
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-008-0538-6