title: Choroidal thickness in pregnant women measured by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure choroidal thickness in healthy pregnant women using enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) and compare the measurements with those of healthy non-pregnant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Choroidal thickness was measured at the fovea and at 3 mm superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal to the fovea using EDI-OCT in both healthy pregnant and non-pregnant women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean choroidal thickness in pregnant women was 275 ± 84 μm at the subfoveal and 307 ± 89, 277 ± 89, 274 ± 74, and 159 ± 60 μm at 3 mm superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal to the fovea, respectively. In comparison, the mean choroidal thickness in non-pregnant women was 273 ± 92 μm at the subfoveal and 301 ± 73, 290 ± 76, 293 ± 77, and 149 ± 55 μm at 3 mm superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal to the fovea, respectively. No significant statistical differences were found for choroidal thickness between the pregnant and non-pregnant women at any of the measurement points.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of this study demonstrate that the choroidal thickness was not significantly different between healthy pregnant and non-pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Kosei General Hospital, Kita 3 Higashi 8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0033, Japan, jun.takahashi@ja-hokkaidoukouseiren.or.jp.
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kado
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
authors.forename: Sho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Tsunemaro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002829:Choroid / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D009929:Organ Size; D011247:Pregnancy; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult