非洲人的胸膜厚度以及性别和年龄的影响
Ogugua Ndubuisi Okonkwo1, Adekunle Olubola Hassan1, Idris Oyekunle2
1Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Foundation Retina Institute; Department of Ophthalmology, Eye Foundation Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Annals of African medicine
|February 15, 2024
概括
健康的非洲人的胸膜厚度 (CT) 随着年龄的增长而下降,但没有性别差异. 研究结果表明,来自其他族群的CT数据可以应用于非洲人.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 人体解剖学 解剖学 解剖学
背景情况:
- 胸膜厚度 (CT) 是眼睛健康的一个关键指标.
- 了解CT的种族差异对于准确的诊断和治疗至关重要.
- 增强的深度成像光谱域光学连贯性断层扫描 (EDI-SD-OCT) 可提供高分辨率的胸膜横截面图像.
研究的目的:
- 在健康的非洲人中评估胸膜厚度 (CT).
- 调查年龄和性别对这一群体的CT的影响.
- 将发现与来自其他族群的现有CT数据进行比较.
主要方法:
- EDI-SD-OCT用于测量88名健康非洲志愿者 (年龄在30-80岁) 的172只眼睛的CT.
- 测量是在中央亚 (CSF) 区域和四个象限 (上部,下部,鼻子,部) 进行的,距离2.5毫米.
- 使用简单的线性回归和统计分析 (IBM SPSS Statistics v22) 来评估年龄和性别的影响.
主要成果:
- 平均CT在CSF (265.44±6.2μm) 中最高,在鼻腔 (199.53±69.8μm) 中最薄.
- 随着年龄的增加,CSFCT显著下降 (P < 0.001).
- 平均CSFCT没有发现显著的性别差异 (P = 0.858),尽管更年期女性的CT显示较薄,归因于衰老.
结论:
- 在健康的非洲人中,胸膜厚度随着年龄的增长而显著下降.
- 在非洲人中,胸膜厚度没有显著的基于性别的差异.
- 非洲人的CT检测结果与其他族群的CT检测结果相似,这表明可以进行数据推断.
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