DR. SHIVANI GUPTA

Dr. SHASHI AGARWAL, DR. SHIVANI GUPTA, Dr.Anamika Dwivedi, Dr.Charudatt Chalisgaonkar

Abstract

AIM To assess the relationship of subfoveal choroidal thickness in diabetics with severity of diabetic retinopathy.

METHOD: In this study, all diabetic patients and age, sex matched healthy controls came to eye OPD were included. All eyes underwent comprehensive eye examination. Subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) was measured by high definition enhanced depth imaging spectral domain optical coherence tomography.

RESULT: Total 96 eyes were taken; Classified as 20 eyes of controls, 16 eyes without diabetic retinopathy (DR), 8 eyes with mild, 24 eyes with moderate, & 18 eyes with severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) & 10 eyes with proliferative DR (PDR). Mean SFCT (µm) in control=359, in no DR=339.19, mild NPDR=297.38, moderate NPDR= 292.21, severe NPDR=242.72, in PDR 219.9 & ANOVA test was applied. Significant decrease in SFCT with increasing severity (p<0.001) was observed.CONCLUSION: Decrease SFCT with increasing severity can be used to monitor progression of DR.