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- The study investigates how certain structural biomarkers identified through Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) relate to changes in retinal sensitivity in patients with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD).
- A total of 45 eyes from 23 patients were analyzed using OCT scans and microperimetry, focusing on risk factors like intraretinal hyperreflective foci (HRF) and drusen volume, among others.
- Results showed that retinal sensitivity significantly decreased in the presence of these OCT risk factors, suggesting that monitoring these biomarkers could help predict disease progression in iAMD patients.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To determine the relationship between structural biomarkers on OCT that increase the risk of disease progression and microperimetric retinal sensitivity in patients with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD).
Design: Prospective cross-sectional, observational study.
Participants: Forty-five eyes of 23 patients with iAMD.
Methods: Patients underwent OCT and microperimetry. OCT scans were evaluated for the risk factors intraretinal hyperreflective foci (HRF), hyporeflectivity within drusenoid lesions (HRDL), subretinal drusenoid deposits, double-layer sign (DLS), and drusen volume. Microperimetric retinal sensitivity was analyzed with a 33-point grid covering the macula. With a novel method of determining what part of the retina corresponded to each microperimetry point, a Voronoi diagram was constructed, dividing the macula in cells consisting of the region nearer to each point than any other. The Voronoi diagram was superimposed on the OCT, making it possible to determine the point-to-point location of the OCT risk factors. Univariable and multivariable linear mixed-effect models were used for analysis.
Main Outcome Measures: Association between microperimetric retinal sensitivity and OCT risk factors at individual measuring points.
Results: One thousand four hundred seventy-nine points of retinal sensitivity and corresponding structural area on OCT were included in this study. Retinal sensitivity was significantly decreased with presence of the OCT risk factors HRF, HRDL, DLS, and drusen volume (all P < 0.001) when analyzed with the univariable linear mixed-effect model. The multivariable model showed a significant decrease of retinal sensitivity with presence of HRF (P < 0.001), DLS (P = 0.025), and greater drusen volume (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Presence of HRF, DLS, and greater drusen volume, all of which increase the risk of disease progression, is significantly and independently associated with decreased microperimetric retinal sensitivity in patients with iAMD.
Financial Disclosure(s): Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.
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