Louis R Pasquale1, Akiko Hanyuda2, Ai Ren3, Michael Giovingo4, Scott H Greenstein3, Clara Cousins3, Thomas Patrianakos4, Angelo P Tanna5, Christopher Wanderling6, William Norkett6, Janey L Wiggs3, Kelsey Green6, Jae H Kang7, Paul A Knepper8. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States 2Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 2. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 4. Department of Ophthalmology, John H. Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States. 5. Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States. 6. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States. 7. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. 8. Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States 6Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Abstract
PURPOSE: There is considerable evidence for systemic vascular dysfunction in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). We performed nailfold capillary video microscopy to observe directly the nature of nonocular microvasculature abnormalities in POAG. METHODS: We enrolled 199 POAG patients and 124 control subjects from four sites. We used JH-1004 capillaroscopes to perform nailfold capillary video microscopy on the fourth and fifth digits of each subject's nondominant hand. Videos were evaluated for hemorrhages, dilated capillary loops > 50 μm, and avascular zones > 100 μm by graders masked to case status. Multivariable odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for POAG were obtained by means of logistic regression analyses that were applied to data from all cases and controls. Corresponding estimates of moderate or severe POAG versus mild POAG (based on the Hodapp-Anderson-Parrish scale) were obtained among cases only. RESULTS: After controlling for demographic factors, family history of glaucoma, systemic diseases, and use of anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy, for each 100 nailfold capillaries assessed, all types of microvascular abnormalities were significantly associated with POAG. Specifically, the presence of any dilated capillaries (OR = 2.9; 95% CI, 1.6-5.6), avascular zones (OR = 4.4; 95% CI, 1.7-11.3) and hemorrhages (OR = 12.2; 95% CI, 5.9-25.1) were associated with POAG. Among cases, the frequency of microvascular abnormalities was not associated with glaucoma severity (P ≥ 0.43). CONCLUSIONS: These data provided support for nonocular capillary bed abnormalities in POAG. Comparable vascular abnormalities in the optic nerve may render it susceptible to glaucomatous damage.
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