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  • Ophthalmology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Investigating schizophrenia's link to retinal changes is crucial but hindered by limited data.
  • Oculomics offers a novel approach to study schizophrenia using retinal imaging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the association between schizophrenia and retinal biomarkers using multimodal imaging in a large real-world population.
  • To identify potential retinal indicators of schizophrenia through advanced oculomics techniques.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional analysis of 154,830 patients (40+ years) from the AlzEye study in England.
  • Retinal imaging (fundus photography, OCT) analyzed for vascular and neural indices.
  • Linear mixed-effects models used to assess schizophrenia's association with retinal biomarkers.

Main Results:

  • Individuals with schizophrenia exhibited thinner macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layers (mGC-IPL) and reduced retinal fractal dimension.
  • These differences persisted even when excluding patients with diabetes or those over 55.
  • Schizophrenia group had higher rates of hypertension and diabetes, influencing some vascular findings.

Conclusions:

  • Schizophrenia is associated with measurable differences in the retina's neural and vascular integrity.
  • Retinal vascular changes in schizophrenia are partly explained by common comorbidities.
  • Further research is needed to explore retinal features as adjunct outcomes in schizophrenia management.