Research Article

The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Volume: 8 Number: 4 December 30, 2018
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The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Abstract

Objective: The investigation of the relationship between retinal and choroidal thickness with Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate(ESR) for systematically active ankylosing spondylitis patients without ocular involvement.

 

Materials and Methods: Among the patients being followed-up with a diagnosis of AS in the rheumatology clinic, those with proper conditions who required eye consultation and normal people demographically similar to these patients being inspected in the eye section were included in the study. After blood test, eye examination and OCT measurements were performed within one hour. Central macular thickness(CMT), central subfoveal choroidal thickness(CSCT), and retinal nerve fiber layer(RNFL) thickness were measured with OCT. Results were obtained with SPSS evaluated for patients with AS compared to normal people and within the group with AS according to ESR level.

 

Results and Conclusion: The mean age of participating patients was 35.8, mean of disease duration was 6.38 years and average ESR level was 18.2mm/H. Average CSCT thickness of patients with AS was 321.00µ, average CMT thickness was 255.56µ and average RNFL thickness was 99.87µ. CSCT, CMT and RNFL thickness of control group participants were as follows: 317.21µ, 259.02µ and 100.98µ. No significant difference was observed with regard to CSCT, CMT and RNFL thickness values between patients with AS and the control group. When patients with AS were evaluated among themselves, a connection between ESR level and CSCT, CMT and RNFL thickness could not be established. In our study, we could not establish a connection between ESR level and CSCT, CMT, and RNFL.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Emine Pangal This is me

Nurettin Bayram This is me

Emel Güler This is me

Fatmagül Ülkü Demir This is me

Publication Date

December 30, 2018

Submission Date

October 15, 2018

Acceptance Date

November 30, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 8 Number: 4

APA
Yuvacı, İ., Atum, M., Pangal, E., Bayram, N., Güler, E., & Demir, F. Ü. (2018). The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Sakarya Medical Journal, 8(4), 775-781. https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.470668
AMA
1.Yuvacı İ, Atum M, Pangal E, Bayram N, Güler E, Demir FÜ. The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Sakarya Medical Journal. 2018;8(4):775-781. doi:10.31832/smj.470668
Chicago
Yuvacı, İsa, Mahmut Atum, Emine Pangal, Nurettin Bayram, Emel Güler, and Fatmagül Ülkü Demir. 2018. “The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis”. Sakarya Medical Journal 8 (4): 775-81. https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.470668.
EndNote
Yuvacı İ, Atum M, Pangal E, Bayram N, Güler E, Demir FÜ (December 1, 2018) The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Sakarya Medical Journal 8 4 775–781.
IEEE
[1]İ. Yuvacı, M. Atum, E. Pangal, N. Bayram, E. Güler, and F. Ü. Demir, “The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis”, Sakarya Medical Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 775–781, Dec. 2018, doi: 10.31832/smj.470668.
ISNAD
Yuvacı, İsa - Atum, Mahmut - Pangal, Emine - Bayram, Nurettin - Güler, Emel - Demir, Fatmagül Ülkü. “The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis”. Sakarya Medical Journal 8/4 (December 1, 2018): 775-781. https://doi.org/10.31832/smj.470668.
JAMA
1.Yuvacı İ, Atum M, Pangal E, Bayram N, Güler E, Demir FÜ. The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Sakarya Medical Journal. 2018;8:775–781.
MLA
Yuvacı, İsa, et al. “The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis”. Sakarya Medical Journal, vol. 8, no. 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 775-81, doi:10.31832/smj.470668.
Vancouver
1.İsa Yuvacı, Mahmut Atum, Emine Pangal, Nurettin Bayram, Emel Güler, Fatmagül Ülkü Demir. The Investigation of the Relationship Between Retinal and Choroidal Thickness By Sedimentation Rate for Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis. Sakarya Medical Journal. 2018 Dec. 1;8(4):775-81. doi:10.31832/smj.470668

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