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. 2024 Feb 9;16(2):e53890.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.53890. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Optic Nerve Head and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Analysis in Emmetropic Malay Children

Ahmad Amelia  1 , Ismail Fatimah-Halwani  2 , Ismail Shatriah  3   4
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Optic Nerve Head and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Analysis in Emmetropic Malay Children

Ahmad Amelia et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Background and objectives: The study aims to investigate the normal reference values for optic nerve head (ONH) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) parameters in emmetropic Malay children, utilizing measurements obtained through Cirrus SD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA).

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 95 Malay children, aged between seven and 17 years, with no ocular abnormalities. It was held at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, from January 2014 to December 2015. All children underwent a full ocular examination, including refraction and calculation of axial length. ONH and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) parameters were measured using the Cirrus SD-OCT machine. One eye of each subject was selected randomly for study. The associations between the parameters and the effect of age, gender, axial length, and spherical equivalent (SE) on the measurements were statistically validated.

Results: Ninety-five children were involved in the study, with 65 females (68.4%) and 30 males (31.6%). The mean age was 10.6 (2.82) years, the mean intraocular pressure (IOP) was 14.8 (2.81) mmHg, the mean SE-refraction was 0.12 (0.28) diopters, and the mean axial length was 23.03 (0.76) mm. The mean disc area, rim area, and cup volume were 2.32 (0.40) mm2, 1.53 (0.33) mm2, and 0.204 (0.16) mm3, respectively. The average cup-to-disc ratio (SD) (CDR) and the vertical CDR were 0.55 (0.13) and 0.50 (0.14). Mean (SD) RNFLT was 102.08 (11.08) μm for all patients. There was a strong positive correlation between the average, superior, and inferior RNFLT with the optical disc area. The rim area and the average, superior, inferior, and nasal RNFLT also showed a significant correlation. The inferior RNFLT was negatively correlated with the average CDR. There was also a major influence of gender on the disc area. There were no major age, axial length, and SE influences on the measurements.

Conclusions: This study provided normative information for ONH and RNFLT parameters in emmetropic Malay children. It was observed that emmetropic Malay males exhibited a significantly larger optical disc area. The increase in RNFLT is correlated with a significant increase in disc and rim areas.

Keywords: (rnflt) thickness; emmetropic; malay children; optic nerve head parameters; retinal nerve fiber layer.

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