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ArticleCureus2023

Optical Coherence Tomography Based Choroidal Thickness and Its Determinants in Healthy Saudi Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Abdullah Al Marshood, Marcos J Rubio Caso, Abdulrahman AlSaedi, Faisal Almarek, Rajiv B Khandekar, Valmore A Semidey

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Abdullah Al MarshoodVitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Marcos J Rubio CasoVitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.
Abdulrahman AlSaediDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, SAU.
Faisal AlmarekDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, SAU.
Rajiv B KhandekarFaculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CAN.
Valmore A SemideyVitreoretinal Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, SAU.

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Purpose To study choroidal thickness (CT) and its determinants based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the healthy adult Saudi population. Materials and methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 at a tertiary eye hospital in Saudi Arabia. The autorefractor-based refractive status (spherical equivalent) of each eye was documented. CT was measured from the enhanced depth OCT images at the fovea to the 1500 µm nasal and temporal to the fovea. CT was defined as the distance from a hyper-reflective line representing retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)-Bruch's membrane to the choroid-scleral junction. The CT was correlated with demographic and other variables. Results The study sample included 288 eyes of 144 participants (mean age 31.5±8.3 years; males 94, 65.3%). Emmetropia, myopia, and hypermetropic spherical equivalent were noted in 53 (18.4%), 152 (52.5%), and 83 (28.8%) eyes, respectively. The mean sub-foveal (SFCT), nasal, and temporal CT were 329.4±56.7μm, 302.3±63.5 μm, and 312.8± 56.7μm, respectively. CT varied significantly by location (p

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choroidchoroidal thicknessenhanced-depth imagingoptical coherence tomographyrefractive errorsub-foveal region

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