Retinal thickness in healthy Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding normative retinal thickness characteristics is critical for diagnosis and monitoring of pathology, particularly in those predisposed to retinal disease. The macular retinal layer thickness of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children was examined using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.

Methods

High-resolution macular optical coherence tomography imaging was performed on 100 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and 150 non-Indigenous visually healthy children aged 4-18 years. The imaging protocol included a 6-line radial scan centred on the fovea. Images were segmented using semi-automated software to derive thickness of the total retina, inner and outer retina, and individual retinal layers across the macul

SUBMITTER: Cox RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9426899 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature