Macular Curvature in Adults Born Preterm With and Without ROP: Results from the Gutenberg Prematurity Eye Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study investigated the effects of prematurity and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) as well as the associations of the ocular geometry with macular curvature in adults.

Methods

The Gutenberg Prematurity Eye Study is a retrospective cohort study of preterm and full-term participants aged 18 to 52 years with a prospective ophthalmologic examination. The main outcome measure was the macular curvature in the central foveal optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan and its associations with gestational age (GA), birth weight and birth weight percentile, ROP occurrence, ROP treatment, and other perinatal factors were evaluated in univariable and multivariable linear regression analyses. Furthermore, a second model assessed the association of ocular geometry with macular

SUBMITTER: Fieß A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10981436 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature