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ArticleGraefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie2025

Reexamine the link between retinal layer thickness and cognitive function after correction of axial length: the Beijing Eye Study 2011.

Zhe Pan, Zihan Li, Hui Xie, Yu Huang, Can Can Xue, Xiaodong Wu, Tien Yin Wong, Chun Zhang, Jost B Jonas, Ya Xing Wang

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Zhe PanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zihan LiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hui XieDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Yu HuangBeijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Science, 1 Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng, Beijing, 100730, China.
Can Can XueSingapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Xiaodong WuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Tien Yin WongBeijing Visual Science and Translational Eye Research Institute (BERI), Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Chun ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Restoration of Damaged Ocular Nerve, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China. zhangc1@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5203-8463
Jost B JonasBeijing Visual Science and Translational Eye Research Institute (BERI), Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ya Xing WangBeijing Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Key Laboratory, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Science, 1 Dongjiaomin Lane, Dongcheng, Beijing, 100730, China. yaxingw@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2749-7793

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271086
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purposeTo investigate the relationship between retinal layer thickness and cognitive function in elderly Chinese, accounting for the influence of axial length.

methodsThe participants of the Beijing Eye Study 2011 which is a population-based cross-sectional study without any retinal or optic nerve disease underwent a series of ocular examinations including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the retina. Using a multiple-surface OCT segmentation algorithm, the retina was automatically segmented into 9 layers. Cognitive function was evaluated applying the Mini Mental Statement Examination (MMSE). Cognitive impairment was defined as an MMSE score < 26.

resultsThe study included 2067 participants (56.7% women) (2067 eyes) with a mean age of 61.4 ± 8.4 years. After adjusting for age, gender and axial length, a lower cognitive function was related with a thinning of the ganglion cell layer (GCL) (P = 0.029, B = 0.04) and photoreceptor outer segment layer (POS) (P = 0.042, B = 0.04), while the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness (P = 0.144) was not significantly associated with the cognitive function score. For every unit decrease in MMSE score, the GCL and POS thickness separately decreased by 0.06 µm (95%CI: 0.01 µm, 0.12 µm), and 0.05 µm (95%CI: 0.002 µm, 0.10 µm). As compared with cognitively normal participants, those with cognitive impairment had a significantly thinner GCL (P = 0.019, OR = 1.04), and POS (P = 0.022, OR = 1.04) in multivariate logistic regression.

conclusionAfter adding axial length as dependence in multivariate analysis, cognitive impairment was not significantly associated with the thickness of RNFL, while the association between a lower cognitive function score and thinner GCL and POS was statistically associated in current study.

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Axial Length, EyeCognitionCognitive DysfunctionRetinal Ganglion CellsTomography, Optical CoherenceAgedBeijingCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNerve FibersBeijing Eye StudyCognitive functionPhotoreceptor outer segment layerRetinal ganglion cell layerRetinal nerve fiber layer

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