Saghar Bagheri1, Ines Lains1, Rebecca F Silverman1, Ivana Kim1, Dean Eliott1, Rufino Silva2,3, John Miller1, Deeba Husain1, Joan W Miller1, Leonide Saad4,5, Demetrios G Vavvas1. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. 3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, and Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image, Coimbra, Portugal. 4. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. 5. Alkeus Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This article investigates the relationship between visual acuity (VA), total area of geographic atrophy (GA), and percentage of foveal GA. METHODS: A multicenter, retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted of patients with GA due to age-related macular degeneration. Demographics, VA, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images were collected. Using FAF images aided by SD-OCT, fovea-sparing status, GA pattern, total GA size, and percentage of GA covering the foveal area-within a 1.5-mm-diameter circle centered on the fovea centralis-were assessed. Univariable and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Fifty-four eyes (mean age, 78.7 ±7.7 years [SD], 60.0% female) were studied. Mean VA was 0.8 ± 0.6 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (Snellen equivalent 20/126 ± 20/80), mean total GA 8.8 ± 6.7 mm2, and mean percentage of foveal GA was 71.5 ± 30.9%. Of all assessed eyes, 48.2% (n = 26) presented with multifocal GA, and 18.5% (n =10) had foveal sparing. Multiple regression analysis revealed that, controlling for age and GA pattern, the percentage of foveal GA presented a statistically significant association with VA (ß =0.41, P = .004). No significant associations were observed with mean total GA size, while controlling for the same variables (ß=0.010, P = .440). CONCLUSIONS: Percentage of foveal GA was significantly associated with VA impairment, although the same was not verified for total GA area. These findings suggest that percentage of foveal GA may represent a more useful tool for assessing the impact of GA on VA. Further validation is needed in larger cohorts.
PURPOSE: This article investigates the relationship between visual acuity (VA), total area of geographic atrophy (GA), and percentage of foveal GA. METHODS: A multicenter, retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted of patients with GA due to age-related macular degeneration. Demographics, VA, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images were collected. Using FAF images aided by SD-OCT, fovea-sparing status, GA pattern, total GA size, and percentage of GA covering the foveal area-within a 1.5-mm-diameter circle centered on the fovea centralis-were assessed. Univariable and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Fifty-four eyes (mean age, 78.7 ±7.7 years [SD], 60.0% female) were studied. Mean VA was 0.8 ± 0.6 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (Snellen equivalent 20/126 ± 20/80), mean total GA 8.8 ± 6.7 mm2, and mean percentage of foveal GA was 71.5 ± 30.9%. Of all assessed eyes, 48.2% (n = 26) presented with multifocal GA, and 18.5% (n =10) had foveal sparing. Multiple regression analysis revealed that, controlling for age and GA pattern, the percentage of foveal GA presented a statistically significant association with VA (ß =0.41, P = .004). No significant associations were observed with mean total GA size, while controlling for the same variables (ß=0.010, P = .440). CONCLUSIONS: Percentage of foveal GA was significantly associated with VA impairment, although the same was not verified for total GA area. These findings suggest that percentage of foveal GA may represent a more useful tool for assessing the impact of GA on VA. Further validation is needed in larger cohorts.
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