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ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2021

Combining Structural and Vascular Parameters to Discriminate Among Glaucoma Patients, Glaucoma Suspects, and Healthy Subjects.

Alessandro Rabiolo, Federico Fantaguzzi, Riccardo Sacconi, Francesco Gelormini, Enrico Borrelli, Giacinto Triolo, Paolo Bettin, Andrew I McNaught, Joseph Caprioli, Giuseppe Querques and 1 more

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Alessandro RabioloDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, UK.
Federico FantaguzziSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Riccardo SacconiSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Francesco GelorminiSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Enrico BorrelliSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Giacinto TrioloOphthalmology Department, Fatebenefratelli and Ophthalmic Hospital, ASST-Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy.
Paolo BettinSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Andrew I McNaughtDepartment of Ophthalmology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, UK.
Joseph CaprioliStein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Giuseppe QuerquesSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Francesco BandelloSchool of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

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Purpose: Compare the ability of peripapillary and macular structural parameters, vascular parameters, and their integration to discriminate among glaucoma, suspected glaucoma (GS), and healthy controls (HCs). Methods: In this study, 196 eyes of 119 patients with glaucoma (n = 81), patients with GS (n = 48), and HCs (n = 67) underwent optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography to measure peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL), macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL) thicknesses, radial peripapillary capillary perfusion density (RPC-PD), and macular GCIPL perfusion density (GCIPL-PD). Parameters were integrated regionally with logistic regression and globally with machine learning algorithms. Diagnostic performances were evaluated with area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curves. Results: Patients with glaucoma had mild to moderate damage (median, -3.3 dB; interquartile range, -6.5 to -1.4). In discriminating between patients with glaucoma and the HCs, pRNFL thickness had higher AUROC curve values than RPC-PD for average (0.87 vs. 0.62; P < 0.001), superior (0.86 vs. 0.54; P < 0.001), inferior (0.90 vs. 0.71; P < 0.001), and temporal (0.65 vs. 0.51; P = 0.02) quadrants. mGCIPL thickness had higher AUROC curve values than GCIPL-PD for average (0.84 vs. 0.68; P < 0.001), superotemporal (0.76 vs. 0.65; P = 0.016), superior (0.72 vs. 0.57; P = 0.004), superonasal (0.70 vs. 0.56; P = 0.01), inferotemporal (0.90 vs. 0.72; P < 0.001), inferior (0.87 vs. 0.69; P < 0.001), and inferonasal (0.78 vs. 0.65, P = 0.012) sectors. All structural multisector indices had higher diagnostic ability than vascular ones (P < 0.001). Combined structural-vascular indices did not outperform structural indices. Similar results were found to discriminate glaucoma from GS. Conclusions: Combining structural and vascular parameters in a structural-vascular index does not improve diagnostic ability over structural parameters alone. Translational Relevance: OCT angiography does not add additional benefit to structural OCT in early to moderate glaucoma diagnosis.

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GlaucomaOcular HypertensionHealthy VolunteersHumansNerve FibersRetinal Ganglion CellsTomography, Optical Coherence

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PMCPMC8709930

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