Effect of Reduced Meal Frequency during Ramadan Fasting on Retinal and Choroidal Thickness
SEMINARS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.32, sa.4, ss.418-421, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.3109/08820538.2015.1118132
- Dergi Adı: SEMINARS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.418-421
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Choroidal thickness, enhanced depth imaging, foveal thickness, Ramadan fasting, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY, CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY, INTRAOCULAR-PRESSURE, BLOOD-FLOW, PERFUSION-PRESSURE, HEALTHY-SUBJECTS, TEAR SECRETION, DEHYDRATION, HYDRATION, HUMANS
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of Ramadan fasting on central foveal thickness (CFT) and subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) in healthy individuals using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT). Materials and Methods: The EDI-OCT scans of 42 healthy individuals obtained after about 12 hours of fasting on at least the twenty-first consecutive day of fasting were compared to scans of the same patients taken one month after the last day they had fasted. Results: CFT values were similar for both time periods (p > 0.05). The SFCT was significantly higher after consecutive fasting days towards the end of Ramadan, compared to the SFCT after one month of no fasting (one month after Ramadan ended) (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Ramadan fasting may lead to a significant increase in subfoveal choroidal thickness without affecting the central foveal thickness.