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Sang-Hak Lee 1 Article
Relationship between Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Defects and Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Patients at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Chan Joo Lee, Joo Youn Shin, Jaewon Oh, Sang-Hak Lee, Seok-Min Kang, Sungha Park, Suk Ho Byeon
Cardiovasc Prev Pharmacother. 2021;3(4):95-105.   Published online October 31, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36011/cpp.2021.3.e11
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Background
Noninvasive fundus imaging may provide useful information on blood vessels. This study investigated the relationship between localized retinal nerve fiber layer defects (RNFLDs) and vascular biomarkers.
Methods
This study included 1,316 participants without cardiovascular disease who were registered in a cardiovascular high-risk cohort. Examined vascular biomarkers included central hemodynamics, carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) on electrocardiogram, and coronary artery calcium score (CACS). Fundus photography and optical coherence tomography were used to evaluate RNFLDs. The associations between RNFLDs and established high-risk cutoff points for each biomarker (central blood pressure [BP] ≥125/80 mmHg, central pulse pressure [PP] ≥50 mmHg, cfPWV ≥10 m/s, presence of LVH, and CACS ≥300) were assessed.
Results
RNFLD was identified in 394 participants (29.9%) who had higher fasting glucose level, lower renal function, and higher BP than those without RNFLDs. Additionally, central BP, central PP, cfPWV, CACS, and the percentage of subjects with LVH were higher in the RNFLD group. After adjusting for confounders, RNFLDs were not associated with LVH or an elevated central BP, central PP, or cfPWV. However, they were associated with an elevated CACS (odds ratio, 1.44; 95% confidence interval, 1.04–2.00; p=0.029).
Conclusions
Non-glaucomatous localized RNFLDs were associated with elevated CACS. Therefore, evaluating RNFLDs using fundus imaging may aid in the assessment of cardiovascular disease risk.

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