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ArticleEuropean journal of ophthalmology2020

Colour contrast sensitivity in eyes at high risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Antonio Calcagni, Olivia Howells, Frank Eperjesi, Hannah Bartlett, Alastair Ko Denniston, Jonathan M Gibson, Christopher R Hogg, Timothy D Matthews

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Article in European journal of ophthalmology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio CalcagniThe School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Olivia HowellsThe School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Frank EperjesiThe School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Hannah BartlettThe School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Alastair Ko DennistonUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Jonathan M GibsonThe School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Christopher R HoggMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Timothy D MatthewsUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
Aston University · GBHeart of England NHS Foundation Trust · GBMoorfields Eye Hospital · GBMoorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo generate the first published reference database of colour contrast sensitivity in eyes at high risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration and to explore this important feature in quality of vision.

backgroundQuality of vision depends on many factors. Changes in chromatic contrast sensitivity remain largely unexplored in eyes at high risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration; they may however not only be relevant for quality of life but also an early indicator of the onset of the disease, so it is important to have a means to evaluate any variation in colour contrast sensitivity, especially in view of the likely increase in neovascular age-related macular degeneration as the population ages.

methodsThis prospective longitudinal study evaluated colour contrast sensitivity along the protan and tritan colour axes in 145 eyes at high risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

resultsColour contrast sensitivity showed statistically significant correlations with age and visual acuity, but not gender nor laterality (i.e. whether the right or left eye was being tested). There was significant variability among individuals, especially for the tritan axis, with some subjects well within normal limits for age and others with very poor colour contrast sensitivity.

conclusionThis study has generated the first published colour contrast sensitivity reference database for eyes at high risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration. It has also shown a high inter-individual variability of colour contrast sensitivity in eyes at high risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration, but the significance of this is unclear. Further work is required to establish if eyes with high colour contrast sensitivity thresholds (i.e. poor colour vision) have a higher risk of developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration over time, and this is the subject of ongoing work.

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Visual AcuityAgedAged, 80 and overColor VisionContrast SensitivityFemaleHumansMacula LuteaMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRisk FactorsSlit Lamp MicroscopyWet Macular DegenerationAge-related macular degenerationChromaTestcolour visioncontrast sensitivitypsychophysics

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