PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between known risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) progression and foveolar choroidal circulation in eyes with nonexudative AMD. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of nonexudative AMD. METHODS: Laser Doppler flowmetry measurements of relative choroidal blood velocity, choroidal blood volume (ChBVol), and choroidal blood flow (ChBFlow) were obtained in the center of the fovea of 273 study eyes of 204 AMD patients investigated at the Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania Medical School. All study eyes had visual acuity of 20/40 or better, good fixation, no other intraocular pathologic features, and no evidence of choroidal neovascularization. RPE hypertrophy was determined from color fundus photographs by trained masked graders at the Scheie Image Reading Center. Correlation analysis and multivariate linear regression analysis with adjustments for significant covariates were carried out. RESULTS: A significant inverse correlation was observed between age and ChBFlow (r = -0.36; P < .0001), and ChBVol (r = -0.28; P < .0001), but not for choroidal blood velocity. A significant inverse correlation was observed between spherical equivalent and ChBFlow (r = -0.21; P = .006) and ChBVol (r = -0.14; P = .04), but not for choroidal blood velocity. ChBFlow and ChBVol were significantly lower in patients with a history of hypertension (P < or = .003) and in eyes with retinal pigment epithelium hypertrophy (P < or = .04), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: All the above-described risk factors for AMD development and progression are associated with decreased choroidal circulatory parameters, suggesting that decreases in choroidal circulatory parameters may be involved in the development of AMD. 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between known risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) progression and foveolar choroidal circulation in eyes with nonexudative AMD. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of nonexudative AMD. METHODS: Laser Doppler flowmetry measurements of relative choroidal blood velocity, choroidal blood volume (ChBVol), and choroidal blood flow (ChBFlow) were obtained in the center of the fovea of 273 study eyes of 204 AMDpatients investigated at the Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania Medical School. All study eyes had visual acuity of 20/40 or better, good fixation, no other intraocular pathologic features, and no evidence of choroidal neovascularization. RPE hypertrophy was determined from color fundus photographs by trained masked graders at the Scheie Image Reading Center. Correlation analysis and multivariate linear regression analysis with adjustments for significant covariates were carried out. RESULTS: A significant inverse correlation was observed between age and ChBFlow (r = -0.36; P < .0001), and ChBVol (r = -0.28; P < .0001), but not for choroidal blood velocity. A significant inverse correlation was observed between spherical equivalent and ChBFlow (r = -0.21; P = .006) and ChBVol (r = -0.14; P = .04), but not for choroidal blood velocity. ChBFlow and ChBVol were significantly lower in patients with a history of hypertension (P < or = .003) and in eyes with retinal pigment epithelium hypertrophy (P < or = .04), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: All the above-described risk factors for AMD development and progression are associated with decreased choroidal circulatory parameters, suggesting that decreases in choroidal circulatory parameters may be involved in the development of AMD. 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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