Spectral-Domain optical coherence tomography features in Open-Angle glaucoma with diabetes mellitus and inadequate glycemic control

Abstract

PURPOSE. To evaluate spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) features according to glycemic control status in open-angle glaucoma with diabetes mellitus. METHODS. Subjects underwent comprehensive ocular examination, visual field testing, and SDOCT imaging (Cirrus HD-OCT). The relationship between glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and OCT measurements was compared between diabetic nonglaucomatous eyes and diabetic glaucomatous eyes. Glaucoma-discriminating ability was assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) for OCT parameters and compared between groups relative to the glycemic control group. RESULTS. Analysis was performed on 69 nonglaucomatous and 87 glaucomatous eyes in the nondiabetic group, and on 72 nonglaucomatous and 56 glaucomatous eyes in the diabetic group. Average, inferonasal, inferior, and inferotemporal ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thicknesses were positively correlated with HbA1c in diabetic nonglaucomatous eyes (P = 0.040, 0.037, 0.025, and 0.013, respectively). The AUC of the average cup-to-disc area ratio (CDR), vertical CDR, and cup volume in diabetic eyes with poor glycemic control was significantly higher than those in nondiabetic eyes (P = 0.011, 0.003, and 0.043, respectively). The AUC of cube volume, cube average thickness, and minimal GCIPL thickness in diabetic eyes with poor glycemic control was lower than those in nondiabetic eyes (P = 0.006, 0.007, and 0.004, respectively). CONCLUSIONS. In this study, optic nerve head parameters had a superior ability to discriminate glaucoma in diabetic eyes with poor glycemic control. Conversely, the ability to discriminate glaucoma using macular parameters tended to be lower for diabetic eyes with inadequate glycemic control.