Choroidal thickness in different degrees of myopia
- Advances in Ophthalmology & Visual System
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Amara Nasir,1 Zunaira Nasir,2 Syeda Seerat Zahra,3 Maryam Fatima,4 Mehreen Muhammad javed,5 Khushbakht Nasir6
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to measure the effect of dioptric power on choroidal
thickness in myopic subjects.
Methods: A comparative cross sectional study design was conducted in myopic subjects.
Fifty-one patients were included (20 female and 31 male). Purposive sampling technique
was used to collect the data. Data was gathered by using instruments Optical coherence
tomography and data was analyzed by using statistical test one-way anova in SPPS version
22.
Result: Fifty-one myopic patients were examined. Out of which17 individuals were mild
myopic with dioptric power of (-1 to -2D), 17 was moderate myopic with dioptric power of
(-3 to-4D) and 17 were high myopic with dioptric power of (-5to -6D). Choroidal thickness
was measured by enhanced depth optical coherence tomography. There was a statistically
significant correlation between choroidal thickness and dioptric power. Choroidal thickness
at fovea with decreased significantly (p value 0.001) with the increase in dioptric power.
Conclusion: While calculating the retinal choroidal thickness, dioptric power has been
considered as an important variable. There is a significant decrease in the choroidal
thickness as dioptric power increases.
Keywords
myopia, choroid, choroidal thickness, OCT, dioptric power


