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Effect of Ocular Dominance on Ocular Blood Flow Parameters
Yuta Nakaniida1, Fumiko Higashikawa2, Kana Tokumo1
1Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JPN.
Purpose:
In binocular vision, there is a dominant eye and a nondominant eye, a phenomenon termed ocular dominance. This study determined the differences and associations of the ocular blood flow parameters between dominant and nondominant eyes in healthy Japanese subjects.
Methods:
This cross-sectional study included 128 eyes of 64 subjects (13 male and 51 female) aged ≥ 20 years. The ocular blood flow parameters were assessed using laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG), and software was used to calculate the mean blur rate (MBR), which reflects the blood flow velocity.
Results:
There were no significant differences in axial length (AL), spherical equivalent (SE), intraocular pressure (IOP), uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), or ocular blood flow parameters between the dominant and nondominant eyes. The ocular blood flow parameters of the dominant eye were significantly and positively correlated with those of the nondominant eye (all P < 0.001).
Conclusions:
No significant differences in ocular blood flow parameters exist between the dominant and nondominant eyes in healthy subjects. The ocular blood flow parameters in the dominant eye are associated with those in the nondominant eye.
