Vascular risk factors for optical coherence tomography-detected macular cysts: The Maastricht Study.
Eline Elodie Barbara De ClerckJan S A G SchoutenTos T J M BerendschotFleur GoezinneIlona LiesenborghsPieter C DagnelieNicolaas C SchaperAbraham A KroonRonald M A HenryKoen D ReesinkMiranda T SchramCoen D A StehouwerCarroll A B WebersPublished in: Acta ophthalmologica (2020)
Twenty-four hours systolic blood pressure, 24 hr pulse pressure and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity are associated with the presence of OCT-detected macular cysts in individuals with and without type 2 diabetes, even in the absence of micro-aneurysms. Therefore, blood pressure and aortic stiffness are potential factors contributing to macular cysts.