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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2024

Enhanced morphological assessment based on interocular asymmetry analysis for keratoconus detection.

Ruilan Dong, Yan Liu, Yu Zhang, Yueguo Chen

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Ruilan DongDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Yan LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Yu ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China.
Yueguo ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, China. chenyueguo@263.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-7135
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Abstract

purposeTo clarify the interocular asymmetry of corneal morphological descriptors and evaluate its discriminant ability of keratoconus (KC).

methodsThis retrospective study recruited 344 normal participants and 290 KC patients, randomized to training and validation datasets. Interocular correlation and agreement were evaluated on 44 corneal morphological descriptors derived from Schiempflug tomography. Logistic regression models were constructed using binocular data and of which diagnostic performance was evaluated using the area under receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC), net reclassification improvement (NRI), and integrated discrimination improvement (IDI).

resultsInterocular agreement of corneal descriptors is better in the normal than in KC except for dimensions of cornea and anterior chamber. The interocular asymmetry increases along with the severity of KC. Interocular asymmetry in maximum anterior keratometry, mean anterior keratometry and higher-order aberrations of anterior surface show high AUC above 0.950. Binocular logistic regression index reaches an AUC of 0.963 with high specificity (95.2%) and brings gain to monocular parameters in distinguishing the normal eyes from KC (NRI = 0.080 (0.042 ~ 0.118), P < 0.001) and IDI = 0.071 (0.049 ~ 0.092), P < 0.001). Interocular asymmetry benefits even more in subclinical keratoconus (SKC) detection reflected by NRI (0.4784 (0.2703-0.6865), P < 0.001) and IDI (0.2680 (0.1495-0.3866), P < 0.001) measures.

conclusionInterocular asymmetry is a well-characterized feature of KC and related to the severity. It is feasible to apply the interocular asymmetry in diagnosis of KC and SKC as a replenishment of monocular parameters and in progression tracking.

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KeratoconusAnterior ChamberCorneaHumansPhysical ExaminationRetrospective StudiesDiagnostic modelInterocular asymmetryKeratoconusLogistic regressionSchiempflug tomography

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