Choroidal thickness in school children: The Gobi Desert Children Eye Study

Dan Zhu, Yan Wang, Yan Fei Zheng, Da Yong Yang, Kai Guo, Xian Rong Yang, Xin Xia Jing, Ian Y Wong, Qi Sheng You, Yong Tao and Jost B Jonas

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: Purpose: To investigate choroidal thickness (CT) and its associations in children in a school-based study. Methods: The cross-sectional school-based Gobi Desert Children Eye Study included 1565 out of 1911 (81.9%) eligible children from all schools in the oasis region of Ejina in the Gobi Desert. A detailed ophthalmic examination was performed, including spectral-domain optical coherence tomography with enhanced depth imaging for CT measurement. Results: CT measurements were available for 1463 (93.5%) students (mean age: 11.8±3.5 years; range:7–21 years). Mean subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) was 282±49μm. CT was thickest at 1000μm temporal to the fovea (286±49μm), followed by the subfoveal region (282±49 μm; P

Date: 2017
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