The effect of obesity and insulin resistance on macular choroidal thickness in a pediatric population as assessed by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.
Pinar Topcu YilmazNesibe AkyurekErkan ErdoganPublished in: Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM (2018)
Our results suggest that obesity and IR may have an influence on the choroidal thickness in children. Longitudinal studies will clarify whether these choroidal changes are progressive and are a sign of microvascular dysfunction in childhood obesity.
Keyphrases
- optical coherence tomography
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- high fat diet induced
- diabetic retinopathy
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- high fat diet
- weight loss
- skeletal muscle
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- optic nerve
- weight gain
- high resolution
- multiple sclerosis
- young adults
- oxidative stress
- cross sectional
- glycemic control
- photodynamic therapy
- body mass index
- case control
- fluorescence imaging
- age related macular degeneration