Research Article
SubFoveal Choroidal Imaging in High Myopic Nepalese Cohort
Table 3
Subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) in high myopic population as reported in different studies.
| Studies | Countries | N(high myopes) | Age ranges | AXL mean, range | Myopia range, MSE | EDI (yes/no) | Choroidal thickness (SFCT, μm) | SFCT (μm) change per 1 mm increase in axl (mm) |
| Flores-Moreno et al. [22] | Spain | 83 | 18–99 years | 29.17 ± 2.44 mm (26 mm to 35.63 mm) | −6 to −26 D RE: −14.3 ± 5.4 D | Yes | 115.5 ± 85.3 μm | 25.9 ± 2.1 μm |
| Gupta et al. [11] | Singapore | 520 | 17–29 years | 27.32 ± 1.16 mm, (no range info) | −6 to −23 D RE: −8.68 ± 2.05 D | Yes | 225.87 ± 5.51 μm | 32.31 μm |
| Fujiwara et al. [9] | USA | 31 | 24–90 years | No AXL info | RE: −11.9 ± 3.7 D | Yes | 93.2 ± 62.5 μm | NA |
| Ho et al. [10] | Hongkong | 56 | 42–62 years | No AXL info | −6.1 to −11 D (MSE: −8.7 D) | Yes | 118 μm ± 68 μm | NA |
| Liu et al., [35] | China | 312 | 18–88 years | 29.45 ± 2.31 (24.31 to 36.23 mm) | −6 to −32 D −14.58 ± 5.52 D | Yes | 83.77 ± 54.64 μm | 16.646 μm |
| Teberik and Kaya [36] | Turkey | 30 | 13–66 years | 27.5 ± 1.2 mm | −9.6 ± 2.92 D | Yes | 218.3 ± 102.25 μm | 34.87 μm |
| El-Shazly et al., [37] | Egypt | 120 | 26.07 ± 3.98 years | 26.6 ± 0.59 mm | −8.31 ± 2.13 D | Yes | 259.30 ± 50.92 μm | 33.18 μm | High myopia | 60 | 24.45 ± 6.02 years | 27.6 ± 0.61 | −18.50 ± 1.86 D | 172.75 ± 46.41 μm | Advanced myopia | 60 |
| Fledelius et al., [38] | Denmark | 45 | 66 years | 27.25 ± 2.01 mm | −8.9 ± 4.49 D | Yes | 143 ± 89 μm | 32.29 μm |
| Current study | Nepal | 92 | 14–43 years | 26.33 mm (25.19 mm to 32.94 mm) | (−6 D to −29 D) MSE: −7.38 D | Yes | 224.17 ± 68.91 μm | 40.32 μm |
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