Effect of Reduced Meal Frequency during Ramadan Fasting on Retinal and Choroidal Thickness

ERŞAN İ., Tufan H. A., Arikan S., Kara S., Gencer B., HONDUR A. M.

SEMINARS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.32, sa.4, ss.418-421, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.