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Evaluation of the long-term variability of macular OCT/OCTA and visual field parameters.

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Background/aims

To assess the long-term variability of macular optical coherence tomography (OCT)/OCT angiography (OCTA) and visual field (VF) parameters.

Methods

Healthy and glaucoma eyes with ≥1-year follow-up were included. 24-2 VF and macular OCT/OCTA parameters, including VF mean deviation (MD), whole-image vessel density (wiVD) and ganglion cell complex thickness (wiGCC) were analysed. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), root mean squared error (RMSE), within-subject test-retest SD (Sw) and test-retest variability were calculated for stable eye cohort (max follow-up=1.5 years). Rates of change and RMSE were evaluated in the extended cohort including all eyes (unlimited follow-up).

Results

From a total of 230 eyes (150 participants; age=67.7 years), 86 eyes (37%, 62 participants) were stable. In stable eyes, OCT parameters showed the highest mean (95%) ICC (wiGCC=0.99 (0.99, 0.99)), followed by VF (VF MD=0.91 (0.88, 0.93)) and OCTA (wiVD=0.82 (0.75, 0.87)). RMSE and Sw for VF MD were 0.92 dB and 0.81 dB, respectively, for wiVD were 1.64% and 1.48%, respectively, and for wiGCC, 0.91 µm and 0.78 µm, respectively. The long-term test-rest variability of VF MD, wiVD and wiGCC was 2.2 dB, 4.1% and 2.2 µm, respectively. In the extended cohort (mean follow-up=3.0 years), all parameters had significant rates of change (p<0.001), and compared with the stable cohort, only slightly higher RMSE (VF MD=1.07 dB; wiGCC=2.03 µm; wiVD=2.57%) were found.

Conclusions

VF and macular OCT/OCTA, particularly OCT parameters, showed small long-term variability in all eyes, including stable ones, supporting the use of these instruments in glaucoma follow-up. Changes in macular VD and GCC greater than 4%-5% and 2 µm, respectively, indicate possible progression.

Trial registration number

NCT00221897.

SUBMITTER: Wu JH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10310881 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evaluation of the long-term variability of macular OCT/OCTA and visual field parameters.

Wu Jo-Hsuan JH Moghimi Sasan S Nishida Takashi T Walker Evan E Kamalipour Alireza A Li Elizabeth E Mahmoudinezhad Golnoush G Zangwill Linda M LM Weinreb Robert N RN

The British journal of ophthalmology 20240129 2

<h4>Background/aims</h4>To assess the long-term variability of macular optical coherence tomography (OCT)/OCT angiography (OCTA) and visual field (VF) parameters.<h4>Methods</h4>Healthy and glaucoma eyes with ≥1-year follow-up were included. 24-2 VF and macular OCT/OCTA parameters, including VF mean deviation (MD), whole-image vessel density (wiVD) and ganglion cell complex thickness (wiGCC) were analysed. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), root mean squared error (RMSE), within-subject t ...[more]

PMID: 36585126

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