Title |
The Temporal Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Is the Most Important Optical Coherence Tomography Estimate in Multiple Sclerosis
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Published in |
Frontiers in Neurology, December 2017
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DOI | 10.3389/fneur.2017.00675 |
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Authors |
Ulrika Birkeldh, Ali Manouchehrinia, Max Albert Hietala, Jan Hillert, Tomas Olsson, Fredrik Piehl, Ingrid Skelton Kockum, Lou Brundin, Ori Zahavi, Marika Wahlberg-Ramsay, Rune Brautaset, Maria Nilsson |
Abstract |
Reduced peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) and combined ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer (GCIP) thicknesses as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT) have been observed in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The purpose was to determine the most associative OCT measure to level of cognitive and physical disability in MS. Data were collected from 546 MS patients and 175 healthy controls (HCs). We compared the average pRNFL, temporal pRNFL (T-pRNFL), overall inner ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer (GCIP), and the overall ganglion cell complex (GCC) including macular RNFL and GCIP thicknesses measurements in differentiating MS subtypes from HCs. The association between OCT measures, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), and Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) were assessed using generalized estimating equations models. Both peripapillary and macular OCT measurements could differentiate all MS subtypes from HCs. The SDMT score was significantly associated with reduced thickness of all OCT measures, mostly in average pRNFL (0.14 µm, P = 0.001) and T-pRNFL (0.17 µm, P < 0.001). The EDSS score was significantly associated with reduced inner retinal layer thickness. The largest reduction was seen in T-pRNFL (-1.52 μm, P < 0.001) and inner GCC (-1.78 μm, P < 0.001). The T-pRNFL is highly sensitive and associated with level of both cognitive and physical disability. |
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