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ArticleScientific reports2021

Modelling normal age-related changes in individual retinal layers using location-specific OCT analysis.

Matt Trinh, Vincent Khou, Barbara Zangerl, Michael Kalloniatis, Lisa Nivison-Smith

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matt TrinhCentre for Eye Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia.
Vincent KhouCentre for Eye Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia.
Barbara ZangerlCentre for Eye Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia.
Michael KalloniatisCentre for Eye Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia.
Lisa Nivison-SmithCentre for Eye Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia. l.nivison-smith@unsw.edu.au.
UNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current descriptions of retinal thickness across normal age cohorts are mostly limited to global analyses, thus overlooking spatial variation across the retina and limiting spatial analyses of retinal and optic nerve disease. This retrospective cross-sectional study uses location-specific cluster analysis of 8 × 8 macular average grid-wise thicknesses to quantify topographical patterns and rates of normal, age-related changes in all individual retinal layers of 253 eyes of 253 participants across various age cohorts (n = 23-69 eyes per decade). Most retinal layers had concentric spatial cluster patterns except the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) which displayed a nasal, asymmetric radial pattern. Age-related thickness decline mostly occurred after the late 4th decade, described by quadratic regression models. The ganglion cell layer (GCL), inner plexiform layer (IPL), inner nuclear layer (INL), and outer nuclear layer + Henle's fibre layer (ONL

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