光学相干断层扫描血管成像量化分析糖尿病患者黄斑区毛细血管参数

Quantitative analysis of macular capillaries in diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography angiography

摘要:

目的：应用光学相干断层扫描血管成像技术(OCTA)量化2型糖尿病患者黄斑区毛细血管的早期变化。方法：回顾性病例研究。分别纳入49名健康受试者、52例无视网膜病变的2型糖尿病患者(noDR)和43例轻度非增殖性糖尿病视网膜病变(mNPDR)患者，并得到在黄斑区3 mm×3 mm浅层毛细血管丛和深层毛细血管丛的OCTA图像。去除大血管后分别计算毛细血管灌注密度、血管长度密度(VLD)和平均血管直径(AVD)并进行比较。应用受试者工作特征曲线评估该参数监测2型糖尿病患者视网膜微血管早期改变的能力。结果：比较三组间VLD和AVD，差异均有统计学意义(P<0.001)。与健康受试者相比，noDR组的AVD均显著增加(P<0.05)。mNPDR组患者深层及浅层的VLD较noDR组显著下降(均P<0.01)。深层AVD鉴别noDR组与健康受试者的曲线下面积(AUC)为0.796，鉴别mNPDR组和健康受试者的AUC最高为0.920，其次为深层VLD(AUC=0.899)，显著高于其他参数。结论：在糖尿病视网膜病变的临床前阶段，2型糖尿病患者的深层及浅层AVD均显著高于健康人，VLD均显著高于mNPDR患者。与健康人相比，深度AVD较其他参数更能检出noDR患者早期视网膜毛细血管的变化。

Abstract:

AIM: To quantify early changes of macular capillary parameters in type 2 diabetic patients using optical coherence tomography angiography(OCTA).METHODS: Retrospective case study. A total of 49 healthy subjects, 52 diabetic patients without retinopathy(noDR)patients, and 43 mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy(mNPDR)patients were recruited. Capillary perfusion density, vessel length density(VLD), and average vessel diameter(AVD)were calculated from macular OCTA images(3 mm×3 mm)of the superficial capillary plexus after segmenting large vessels and the deep capillary plexus. Parameters were compared among control subjects, noDR, and mNPDR patients. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve estimated the abilities of these parameters to detect early changes of retinal microvascular networks.RESULTS: Significant differences were found in the VLD and AVD among the three groups(P<0.001). Compared with the control group, the noDR group had significantly higher AVD(P<0.05). VLD of both layers in patients of mNPDR group was significant decreased compared with that of noDR group(all P<0.01). Deep AVD had a higher area under the curve(AUC)of 0.796 than other parameters to discriminate the noDR group from the healthy group. Deep AVD had the highest AUC of 0.920, followed by that of the deep VLD(AUC=0.899)to discriminate the mNPDR group from the healthy group.CONCLUSIONS: NoDR patients had wider AVD than healthy individuals and longer VLD than mNPDR patients in both layers. When compared with healthy individuals, deep AVD had a stronger ability than other parameters to detect early retinal capillary impairments in noDR patients.