Systemic and Ocular Determinants of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measurements in the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Population - UTU Research Portal

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Systemic and Ocular Determinants of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Measurements in the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Population

Authors: Mauschitz MM, Bonnemaijer PWM, Diers K, Rauscher FG, Elze T, Engel C, Loeffler M, Colijn JM, Ikram MA, Vingerling JR, Williams KM, Hammond CJ, Creuzot-Garcher C, Bron AM, Silva R, Nunes S, Delcourt C, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Holz FG, Klaver CCW, Breteler MMB, Finger RP; on behalf of the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium

Publication year: 2018

Journal: Ophthalmology: Journal of The American Academy of Ophthalmology

Volume: 125

Issue: 10

First page : 1526

Last page: 1536

Number of pages: 11

ISSN: 0161-6420

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2018.03.026

Abstract

Conclusions

In addition to previously described determinants such as age and refraction, we found that systemic vascular and neurovascular diseases were associated with reduced pRNFLT. These may be of clinical relevance, especially in glaucoma monitoring of patients with newly occurring vascular comorbidities.