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Trial reportGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2012

Short- and mid-term repeatability of macular pigment optical density measurements using spectral fundus reflectance.

Nikolaus Dragostinoff, René Marcel Werkmeister, Semira Kaya, Günther Weigert, Berthold Pemp, Stefan Sacu, Gerhard Garhöfer, Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Leopold Schmetterer

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nikolaus DragostinoffCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
René Marcel Werkmeister
Semira Kaya
Günther Weigert
Berthold Pemp
Stefan Sacu
Gerhard Garhöfer
Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth
Leopold Schmetterer
Medical University of Vienna · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral methods have been proposed for measuring macular pigment optical density (MPOD). To date, none of the realized techniques can be considered as "gold standard". A key issue for the clinical applicability of a method is its repeatability. In this study, we investigated short- and mid-term repeatability of MPOD measurements using reflectometry.

methodsA total of 12 healthy young subjects were measured 5 times on 5 consecutive days. Repeatability over 6 months was investigated in patients with AMD. The data in AMD patients were taken from a recently published placebo controlled study investigating the effect of lutein supplementation on MPOD (n = 37; [1]). Four measurements over 6 months were used to calculate repeatability. Spectral fundus reflectance of the fovea was measured in a 2.3° detection field with a custom-built fundus reflectometer. Calculation of MPOD was based on a previously published fundus reflectance model.

resultsThe coefficients of variation were 6.2 ± 2.4% and 8.0 ± 5.5% in the healthy and AMD group, respectively. Bland-Altman plots indicate that the difference between measurements at day 1 and day 5 in healthy subjects and day 1 and month 6 in AMD patients was small. The maximum deviation in MPOD in a healthy subject was 0.07 (22.6%), and 0.17 (51.5%) in a patient with AMD.

conclusionsReflectometry provides adequate short-term and mid-term repeatability for measuring MPOD. Accordingly, the technique makes it possible to monitor MPOD in patients with AMD and to study the influence of supplementation in these subjects. In addition, the variability of the technique is small enough to allow for clinical trials with reasonable sample size.

Indexed as

Diagnostic Techniques, OphthalmologicalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overDensitometryDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansLuteinMacula LuteaMacular DegenerationMaleMiddle AgedReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsRetinal PigmentsLuteinRetinal PigmentsXanthophyllsZeaxanthins

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PMID22362012
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