Factors effecting the choroidal vascularity index in children with mild to moderate myopia.

PURPOSE: To measure the choroidal structural parameters in a population of myopic children and determine the factors effecting the choroidal vascularity index (CVI).

METHODS

In total, 200 eyes of 200 children (100 females, 100 males) with a mean age of 11.5 ± 1.6 years were included in the study. Macular imaging was performed using EDI mode of spectral domain-optical coherence tomography. Binarization of the choroidal area was performed with ImageJ software. Total choroidal area, luminal area (LA), stromal area (SA), and CVI were automatically calculated.

RESULTS

The mean choroidal, stromal and luminal areas were measured as 0.952 ± 0.127 mm2, 0.626 ± 0.103 mm2 and 0.325 ± 0.076 mm2, respectively. The mean CVI was 65.81% ± 6.56. Age and the axial length (AL) of the participants were not found to be associated with the LA and the CVI. (r=-0.078, p=0.274, r=0.017, p=0.808, and r=0,051, p=0.474 and r=-0.128, p=0.071, respectively). There was a statistically significant strong association between the LA and CVI measurements and SE of the participants (r=0.736, p=0.001, and r=-0.605; p=0.001).

CONCLUSION

Age and AL were not associated with the CVI, but SE was significantly associated with the CVI.