Foveal Avascular Zone and Choroidal Thickness Are Decreased in Subjects with Hard Drusen and without High Genetic Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
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- Group 1 is a control group, which consisted of middle-aged subjects without a first-degree family history of AD (FH−).
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- Group 2 comprises subjects with a family history of AD (FH+). Subjects were middle-aged with at least one parent with sporadic AD. To verify the AD diagnoses of parents, a review of their medical records was conducted by a multidisciplinary diagnostic consensus panel. Only diagnoses that were made under internationally accepted criteria were included. Because autopsies were not performed in most AD patients, postmortem reports were welcome but were not used as the basis of inclusion. Relatives with known autosomal dominant mutations (i.e., preseniline-1 or 2) were not included.
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- FH−; ApoE ɛ4−; No Drusen (FH−, ɛ4−, HD−).
- 1.2.
- FH−; ApoE ɛ4−; Drusen (FH−, ɛ4−, HD+).
- 1.3.
- FH−; ApoE ɛ4+; No Drusen (FH−, ɛ4+, HD−).
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- FH−; ApoE ɛ4+; Drusen (FH−, ɛ4+, HD+).
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- FH+; ApoE ɛ4−; No Drusen (FH+, ɛ4−, HD−).
- 2.2.
- FH+; ApoE ɛ4−; Drusen (FH+, ɛ4−, HD+).
- 2.3.
- FH+; ApoE ɛ4+; No Drusen (FH+, ɛ4+, HD−).
- 2.4.
- FH+; ApoE ɛ4+; Drusen (FH+, ɛ4+, HD+).
2.2. Subjects
2.3. ApoE Genotyping
2.4. Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Imaging: Choroidal Thickness and FAZ Measurement
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Data
3.2. Choroidal Thickness
3.3. Foveal Avascular Zone (FAZ)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Ophthalmological Evaluation | ||
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Screening Questions | Visual Exam | Inclusion Criteria |
Do you use glasses? Yes/no Do you know if you have myopia, hypermetropy, or astigmatism? Yes/no Do you know your diopter measurements? Yes/no Do you have any ocular pathologies? Yes/no Do you receive any type of ocular treatment? Yes/no Have you undergone any type of ocular surgery? Yes/no | Refraction Visual acuity Biomicroscopy Intraocular pressure OCT/OCTA | ±5 Spherocylindrical refractive >0.5 dec <21 mmHg Free of ocular disease Free of congenital malformation Free of known or suspected glaucoma |
Demographic/MMSE Data | FH− | FH+ | ||||||
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ApoE ɛ4− | ApoE ɛ4+ | ApoE ɛ4− | ApoE ɛ4+ | |||||
No HD | HD | No HD | HD | No HD | HD | No HD | HD | |
Group 1.1 | Group 1.2 | Group 1.3 | Group 1.4 | Group 2.1 | Group 2.2 | Group 2.3 | Group 2.4 | |
N | 29 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 57 | 17 | 35 | 18 |
Age | 59.0 (54.0–65.0) | 62.5 (56.0–69.0) | 63.0 (54.0–70.0) | 63.0 (58.0–76.5) | 58.0 (53.0–62,0) | 63.0 (56.5–58.5) | 57.0 (57.0–65.0) | 55.5 (51.0–63.0) |
Sex Male/Female | 12/17 | 6/8 | 3/6 | 0/5 | 22/35 | 6/11 | 11/24 | 9/9 |
MMSE | 29.0 (28.0–29.0) | 29.0 (29.0–29.0) | 29.0 (28.0–30.0) | 29.0 (29.0–30.0) | 29.0 (28.5–29.0) | 29.0 (28.0–29.0) | 29.0 (29.0–29.0) | 29.0 (28.0–30.0) |
Vascular Areas Analyzed | FH− | FH+ | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ApoE ɛ4− | ApoE ɛ4+ | ApoE ɛ4− | ApoE ɛ4+ | |||||||
No HD | HD | No HD | HD | No HD | HD | No HD | HD | |||
Group 1.1 | Group 1.2 | Group 1.3 | Group 1.4 | Group 2.1 | Group 2.2 | Group 2.3 | Group 2.4 | |||
FAZ | Superficial | 0.47 (0.39–0.62) | 0.45 (0.42–0.68) | 0.47(0.37–0.84) | 0.47 (0.37–0.82) | 0.51 (0.39–0.62) | 0.67 (0.62–0.80) | 0.54 (0.44–0.68) | 0.59 (0.43–0.83) | |
Deep | 0.23 (0.18–0.31) | 0.22 (0.16–0.34) | 0.24 (0.2–0.359 | 0.23 (0.12–0.34) | 0.26 (0.39–0.33) | 0.29 (0.24–0.38) | 0.28 (0.23–0.33) | 0.29 (0.21–0.41) | ||
Choroidal Thickness | Subfoveal | 268.0 (213.5–307.5) | 249.5 (176.8–268.0) | 257.0 (234.0–318.0) | 252.5 (164.5–279.8) | 273.0 (231.0–309.5) | 255.0 (215.5–287.0) | 263.0 (212.0–302.0) | 241.0 (224.5–296.5) | |
Temporal | 500 μm | 260.0 (210.5–325.0) | 234.0 (159.8–259.0) | 266.0 (231.5–316.0) | 256.5 (173.3–296.3) | 263.0 (220.5–302.0) | 252.0 (199.5–292.0) | 256.0 (228.0–295.0) | 252.0 (222.8–297.3) | |
1000 μm | 248.0 (207.5–316.0) | 219.5 (161.8–267.50) | 276.0 (202.5–300.0) | 256.5 (176.5–310.3) | 263.0 (218.5–288.5) | 248.0 (195.5–292.0) | 253.0 (219.0–287.0) | 247.5 (217.5–282.0) | ||
1500 μm | 232.0 (202.0–296.0) | 222.5 (157.5–255.3) | 254,0 (186.5–343.0) | 255.0 (189.8–292.5) | 255.0 (216.0–288.5) | 251.0 (202.5–282.0) | 250.0 (215.0–280.0) | 265.0 (214.5–291.0) | ||
Nasal | 500 μm | 261.0 (204.5–313.5) | 230.5 (177.0–252.5) | 238.0 (228.0–302.5) | 256.5 (180.3–292.3) | 267.0 (220.5–295.0) | 234.0 (198.5–285.5) | 249.0 (199.0–297.0) | 244.0 (224.0–286.2) | |
1000 μm | 233.0 (195.5–303.5) | 206.0 (150.8–282.0) | 223.0 (204.5–291.5) | 257.0 (173.3–295.8) | 255.0 (190.5–299.0) | 225.0 (191.0–274.5) | 240.0 (182.0–281.0) | 248.5 (198.8–268.0) | ||
1500 μm | 221 (175.50–278.5) | 182.5 (140.5–269.3) | 217.0 (171.0–278.0) | 271.0 (134.0–300.0) | 228.0 (183.5–274.5) | 205.0 (170.5–242.0) | 218.0 (174.0–265.0) | 252.0 (179.8–263.0) | ||
Superior | 500 μm | 262.0 (218.0–301.0) | 222.0 (170.8–273.5) | 260.0 (228.5–311.5) | 265.5 (182.8–292.8) | 265.0 (228.0–299−0) | 262.0 (219.5–282.5) | 257.0 (209.0–309.0) | 252.5 (222.0–284.0) | |
1000 μm | 255.0 (218.5–297.0) | 227.0 (170.8–263.8) | 256.0 (227.5–308.5) | 272.5 (180.8–281.8) | 271.0 (228.5–302.0) | 259.0 (217.5–289.0) | 267.0 (223.0–299.0) | 252.5 (234.3–288.0) | ||
1500 μm | 259.0 (209.5–306.5) | 223.0 (147.0–253.3) | 250.0 (225.5–319.0) | 269.0 (174.0–298.0) | 261.0 (224.5–305.5) | 261.0 (206.0–286.0) | 262.0 (226.0–300.0) | 257.5 (233.3–290.3) | ||
Inferior | 500 μm | 262.0 (209.5–311.5) | 222.5 (172.8–274.3) | 256.0 (222.0–308.5) | 272.0 (179.5–284.3) | 270.0 (231.5–304.0) | 252.0 (208.5–276.5) | 265.0 (216.0–310.0) | 251.5 (216,3–301,3) | |
1000 μm | 266.0 (217.0–306.5) | 219.0 (165.0–270.8) | 267.0 (229.5–308.5) | 267.5 (171.0–296.5) | 271.0 (227.5–295.5) | 252.0 (211.5–268.0) | 270.0 (216.0–322.0) | 243.0 (219.8–287.3) | ||
1500 μm | 264.0 (213.5–312.0) | 217.0 (169.0–257.25) | 262.0 (218.5–300.5) | 271.5 (183.0–276.0) | 268.0 (224.0–304.0) | 257.0 (211.0–266.5) | 250.0 (214.0–317.0) | 269.0 (216.0–309.5) |
Study Groups | FH− | FH+ | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ApoE ɛ4− | ApoE ɛ4+ | ApoE ɛ4− | ApoE ɛ4+ | ||||||||
No HD | HD | No HD | HD | No HD | HD | No HD | HD | ||||
Group 1.1 | Group 1.2 | Group 1.3 | Group 1.4 | Group 2.1 | Group 2.2 | Group 2.3 | Group 2.4 | ||||
FH− | ApoEɛ4− | No HD | 1.1 | Choroid: Sup 1500 (0.030), Inf 1500 (0.028) | |||||||
HD | 1.2 | Choroid: Sup 1500 (0.039) | Choroid: Sup 1500 (0.019), Inf 1500 (0.040) | ||||||||
ApoEɛ4+ | No HD | 1.3 | |||||||||
HD | 1.4 | ||||||||||
FH+ | ApoEɛ4− | No HD | 2.1 | Superficial FAZ (<0.001) | |||||||
HD | 2.2 | Superficial FAZ (0.013) | |||||||||
ApoEɛ4+ | No HD | 2.3 | |||||||||
HD | 2.4 |
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López-Cuenca, I.; de Hoz, R.; Alcántara-Rey, C.; Salobrar-García, E.; Elvira-Hurtado, L.; Fernández-Albarral, J.A.; Barabash, A.; Ramírez-Toraño, F.; de Frutos-Lucas, J.; Salazar, J.J.; et al. Foveal Avascular Zone and Choroidal Thickness Are Decreased in Subjects with Hard Drusen and without High Genetic Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease. Biomedicines 2021, 9, 638. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9060638
López-Cuenca I, de Hoz R, Alcántara-Rey C, Salobrar-García E, Elvira-Hurtado L, Fernández-Albarral JA, Barabash A, Ramírez-Toraño F, de Frutos-Lucas J, Salazar JJ, et al. Foveal Avascular Zone and Choroidal Thickness Are Decreased in Subjects with Hard Drusen and without High Genetic Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease. Biomedicines. 2021; 9(6):638. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9060638
Chicago/Turabian StyleLópez-Cuenca, Inés, Rosa de Hoz, Celia Alcántara-Rey, Elena Salobrar-García, Lorena Elvira-Hurtado, José A. Fernández-Albarral, Ana Barabash, Federico Ramírez-Toraño, Jaisalmer de Frutos-Lucas, Juan J. Salazar, and et al. 2021. "Foveal Avascular Zone and Choroidal Thickness Are Decreased in Subjects with Hard Drusen and without High Genetic Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease" Biomedicines 9, no. 6: 638. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9060638