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. 2020 Nov 20;20(1):460.
doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-01724-2.

Consistency between optical coherence tomography and humphrey visual field for evaluating glaucomatous defects in high myopic eyes

Wen Wen  1   2   3   4 , Yuqiu Zhang  1   2   3   4   5 , Ting Zhang  1   2   3   4 , Xinghuai Sun  6   7   8   9
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Consistency between optical coherence tomography and humphrey visual field for evaluating glaucomatous defects in high myopic eyes

Wen Wen et al. BMC Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Background: The study is to investigate the influence of high myopia on the consistency between optical coherence tomography (OCT) and visual field in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

Methods: We enrolled 37 patients with POAG with high myopia (POAG-HM group), 27 patients with POAG without high myopia (POAG group), and 29 controls with high myopia (HM group). All subjects underwent Humphrey perimetry (30-2 and 10-2 algorithms). The peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thicknesses were measured using Cirrus HD-OCT. Spearman's rank correlation analysis was used to determine correlations between OCT and perimetric parameters. Agreement was analyzed by cross-classification and weighted κ statistics.

Results: In POAG group, the cross-classification analysis showed strong agreement between the inferior temporal GCIPL thickness and the mean sensitivity (MS) of 10-2 algorithms (κ = 0.5447, P = 0.0048), and good agreement between the superior and inferior RNFL thicknesses and 30-2 MS (κ = 0.4407 and 0.4815; P < 0.05). In the POAG-HM group, only the inferior temporal GCIPL thickness showed good agreement with 10-2 MS (κ = 0.3155, P = 0.0289) and none of the RNFL sectors were in good agreement with the corresponding MS.

Conclusions: In POAG patients with high myopia, changes in macular measurements were in accordance with visual field defects, and RNFL thickness did not consistently decline with visual field defects due to the effects of high myopia. This study suggests that during diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma with high myopia, more attention need to be focused on structure and functional defects in macular areas.

Keywords: Agreement; Glaucoma; Humphrey visual field; Myopia; Optical coherence tomography.

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