Effect of age on anterior chamber angle configuration in Asians determined by anterior segment optical coherence tomography; clinic-based study
Effect of age on anterior chamber angle configuration in Asians determined by anterior segment optical coherence tomography; clinic-based study
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01960.x
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发表时间:
2010-09-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Kook, Michael S.
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作者:
Cheon, Mi Hyun;Sung, Kyung Rim;Kook, Michael S.
Purpose:To evaluate the distribution of anterior chamber angle (ACA) parameters and to assess association of these parameters with age in Asian subjects.Methods:Four hundred and thirty-nine consecutive Korean subjects aged from 30 to 89 were enrolled from a university clinic. All participants were scanned using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT, Visante, version 2.0). We measured ACA parameters such as anterior chamber depth (ACD), angle opening distance at 500 and 750 mu m (AOD(500,750)), angle recess area at 500 and 750 mu m (ARA(500,750)), trabecular iris space area at 500 and 750 mu m (TISA(500,750)), and determined age-related changes in these parameters with use of a linear mixed effect model that adjusted for gender, axial length, intraocular pressure, and keratometry data. Slopes of ACA parameters as a function of age were determined. For various AS-OCT parameters, the normalized slope was calculated by dividing the slope by the mean value.Results:All analysed ACA parameters decreased with age in both nasal and temporal quadrants. Axial length and keratometry data were significant covariates for ACA changes. The slopes of ACD were -0.02396 mm/year, AOD(500), ARA(500), and TISA(500) measured at the temporal angle were -0.00634 mm/year, -0.0019 mm2/year, and -0.00177 mm2/year, respectively. There was no age-dependent difference in central corneal thickness (p value; 0.4597) Based on the normalized slopes, the AOD showed the steepest slope at both temporal and nasal sectors.Conclusion:All ACA parameters assessed by AS-OCT, which accounted for other ocular biometric parameters, showed significant negative slopes with increasing age. These results should be considered when assessing changes in the anterior chamber over time.