Relevance of Retinal Thickness Changes in the OCT Inner and Outer Rings to Predict Progression to Clinical Macular Edema: An Attempt of Composite Grading of Macular Edema

Stela Vujosevic; Monica Varano; Catherine Egan; Sobha Sivaprasad; Geeta Menon; Ali Erginay; Frank D Verbraak; Henrik Lund-Andersen; Jose P Martinez; Ignasi Jürgens; Erica Smets; Caroline Coriat; Peter Wiedemann; Victor Ágoas; Giuseppe Querques; Frank G Holz; Sandrina Nunes; Dalila Alves; Catarina Neves; Torcato Santos; Luisa Ribeiro; Francesco Bandello; Amparo Navea Tejerina; José Cunha-Vaz

doi:10.1159/000441110

Relevance of Retinal Thickness Changes in the OCT Inner and Outer Rings to Predict Progression to Clinical Macular Edema: An Attempt of Composite Grading of Macular Edema

Stela Vujosevic
, Monica Varano
, Catherine Egan
, Sobha Sivaprasad
, Geeta Menon
, Ali Erginay
, Frank D Verbraak
, Henrik Lund-Andersen
, Jose P Martinez
, Ignasi Jürgens
, Erica Smets
, Caroline Coriat
, Peter Wiedemann
, Victor Ágoas
, Giuseppe Querques
, Frank G Holz
, Sandrina Nunes
, Dalila Alves
, Catarina Neves
, Torcato Santos

Luisa Ribeiro, Francesco Bandello, Amparo Navea Tejerina, José Cunha-Vaz,

Medical retina and Uveitis

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PURPOSE: To characterize the relevance of macular thickness changes in the inner and outer rings in the progression of macular edema in eyes/patients with diabetes type 2.

METHODS: A total of 374 type 2 diabetic patients with mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (ETDRS levels 20-35) were included in a 12-month prospective observational study to identify retinopathy progression. Retinal thickness analyses were performed in 194 eyes/patients using Cirrus SD- OCT and 166 eyes/patients using Spectralis SD-OCT. The DRCR.net classification of subclinical and clinical macular edema was used. A composite grading of macular edema is proposed in this study.

RESULTS: A total of 317 eyes/patients completed the study. SD-OCT identified clinical macular edema in 24 eyes/patients (6.7%) and subclinical macular edema in 104 eyes/patients (28.9%) at baseline. Increased thickness of the central subfield is the best predictor for the development of clinical macular edema, with 85.7% sensitivity and 71.9% specificity (OR: 2.57, 95% CI: 0.82-7.99). However, the involvement of the inner and outer rings is a cumulative predictor of progression to clinical macular edema (OR: 8.69, 95% CI: 2.85-26.52).

CONCLUSIONS: A composite OCT grading of macular edema taking into account the retinal thickness changes in the inner and outer macular rings offers a simple way to characterize macular edema, with added clinical value.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-25
Number of pages	7
Journal	Ophthalmic Research
Volume	55
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000441110
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
Diabetic Retinopathy/classification
Disease Progression
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Macular Edema/classification
Male
Middle Aged
Organ Size
Prospective Studies
Retina/pathology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Visual Acuity/physiology

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Vujosevic, S., Varano, M., Egan, C., Sivaprasad, S., Menon, G., Erginay, A., Verbraak, F. D., Lund-Andersen, H., Martinez, J. P., Jürgens, I., Smets, E., Coriat, C., Wiedemann, P., Ágoas, V., Querques, G., Holz, F. G., Nunes, S., Alves, D., Neves, C. (2015). Relevance of Retinal Thickness Changes in the OCT Inner and Outer Rings to Predict Progression to Clinical Macular Edema: An Attempt of Composite Grading of Macular Edema. Ophthalmic Research, 55(1), 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1159/000441110

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Vujosevic, S, Varano, M, Egan, C, Sivaprasad, S, Menon, G, Erginay, A, Verbraak, FD, Lund-Andersen, H, Martinez, JP, Jürgens, I, Smets, E, Coriat, C, Wiedemann, P, Ágoas, V, Querques, G, Holz, FG, Nunes, S, Alves, D, Neves, C, Santos, T, Ribeiro, L, Bandello, F, Tejerina, AN, Cunha-Vaz, J 2015, 'Relevance of Retinal Thickness Changes in the OCT Inner and Outer Rings to Predict Progression to Clinical Macular Edema: An Attempt of Composite Grading of Macular Edema', Ophthalmic Research, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1159/000441110

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Relevance of Retinal Thickness Changes in the OCT Inner and Outer Rings to Predict Progression to Clinical Macular Edema: An Attempt of Composite Grading of Macular Edema

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