title: Choroidal Thickness in Childhood Obesity.
abstract: To evaluate the effects of obesity on choroidal thickness (CT) in childhood.
  
  
  
  Forty-four patients with obesity (study group) and 42 healthy children (control group) were enrolled in the study. Subjects underwent a complete ocular examination. The mean CT was measured by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT). Body mass index (BMI) was calculated.
  
  
  
  Mean BMI value was 31.8 ± 1.9 in the study group and 19.8 ± 4.4 in the control group. The mean subfoveal CT value 385.77 µm ± 6.09 µm in the study group and 348.43 µm ± 73.21 µm in the control group. There was a significant difference between the study and control groups with regard to subfoveal CT (P = .017). Subfoveal CT and BMI were positively correlated (r = 0.288; P = .004).
  
  
  
  CT increases in childhood obesity. Findings revealed that adiposity causes a significant increase in CT, and it may be related to ocular complications. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017;48:10-17.].
authors.forename: Ayse Derya
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bulus
authors.forename: Mehmet Erol
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Ata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baytaroglu
authors.forename: Gamze Dereli
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Hasan Basri
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.forename: Nesibe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Andiran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*