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Trial reportOphthalmology. Retina2021

Relationship of Topographic Distribution of Geographic Atrophy to Visual Acuity in Nonexudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Liangbo L Shen, Mengyuan Sun, Aneesha Ahluwalia, Benjamin K Young, Michael M Park, Cynthia A Toth, Eleonora M Lad, Lucian V Del Priore

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Ophthalmology. Retina, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Liangbo L ShenDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Mengyuan SunDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Aneesha AhluwaliaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Benjamin K YoungDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Michael M ParkDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Cynthia A TothDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Eleonora M LadDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
Lucian V Del PrioreDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. Electronic address: lucian.delpriore@yale.edu.
Yale University · USDuke University · US

Funding

Yale Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY026878 · NEI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI In-Jung Kim · 2016 to 2026
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NEI NIH HHS P30 EY026878
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the topographic distribution of geographic atrophy (GA) and to identify an anatomic endpoint that correlates with visual acuity (VA) in eyes with GA.

designRetrospective analysis of a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial.

participantsThe Age-Related Eye Disease Study participants with GA secondary to nonexudative age-related macular degeneration.

methodsWe manually delineated GA on 1654 fundus photographs of 365 eyes. We measured GA areas in 9 subfields on the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) grid and correlated them with VA via a mixed-effects model. We determined the optimal diameter for the central zone by varying the diameter from 0 to 10 mm until the highest r

main outcome measuresGeographic atrophy area in macular subfields and VA.

resultsThe percentage of area affected by GA declined as a function of retinal eccentricity. GA area was higher in the temporal than the nasal region (1.30 ± 1.75 mm

conclusionsThe prevalence of GA varies significantly across different macular regions. Although total GA area was associated poorly with VA, GA area in the central 1-mm diameter zone was correlated significantly with VA and may serve as a surrogate endpoint in clinical trials.

Indexed as

Visual AcuityAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFluorescein AngiographyFundus OculiGeographic AtrophyHumansMacula LuteaMacular DegenerationMaleMiddle AgedPigment Epithelium of EyeProspective StudiesTomography, Optical CoherenceColor fundus photographyGeographic atrophyNonexudative age-related macular degenerationTopographyVisual acuity

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PMID33212271
PMCPMC12807493
OpenAlexW3102831288

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