Choroidal thickness in healthy children.

PURPOSE

To evaluate the choroidal thickness profiles of healthy children using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.

METHODS

Horizontal and vertical enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography crosshair scans through the fovea were obtained from 48 healthy children. Choroidal thickness was measured at the fovea, 1 mm and 3 mm nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior to the fovea, and comparisons of choroidal thickness at different measurement points were performed.

RESULTS

The mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 348.4 ± 82.5 μm and the thickness at 1 mm nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior to the fovea was 306.1 ± 86.3, 352.0 ± 84.8, 349.9 ± 83.8, and 343.8 ± 86.8 μm, respectively. The thickness at 3 mm nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior to the fovea was 190.1 ± 63.9, 339.2 ± 89.8, 330.7 ± 82.1, and 309.9 ± 78.4 μm, respectively. Subfoveal choroidal thickness was negatively correlated with age.

CONCLUSION

The data, obtained using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography, provide the choroidal thickness profile of healthy children. The characteristic choroidal thickness profile in children suggests a redistribution process of choroidal tissue with aging.