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KMID : 0360220130540060913
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Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
2013 Volume.54 No. 6 p.913 ~ p.918
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The Ability of Disc-to-Fovea Distance to Disc-Diameter Ratio to Estimate Optic Disc Size
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Yoo Hyun-Gyu
Ahn Jae-Hong
Lee Mar-Vin
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Abstract
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Purpose: To investigate the usefulness of the measurement of disc-to-fovea distance to disc-diameter ratio (DF/DD ratio) in detecting large and small discs. Methods: A total of 300 randomly selected subjects were included in the present study. All patients underwent stereoscopic disc photography and DF/DD ratio, which is the shortest distance between disc margin and fovea divided by mean disc diameter was determined by planimetry. The diagnostic accuracy of DF/DD ratio was evaluated using areas under the receiver operating characteristics curves (AUCs), sensitivity, and specificity. Results: No significant differences in disc-to-fovea distance were observed among small and large disc groups. The DF/DD ratio was significantly lower in subjects with large discs (1.74 ± 0.27) compared with subjects with small discs (2.70 ± 0.15). AUCs of the DF/DD ratio were 0.942 and 0.947 in detecting large and small discs, respectively. In detecting disc size by a fixed DF/DD ratio of 2.0, sensitivity was 100% for both large and small discs, and specificity was 70.1% and 40.9% for the large and small discs, respectively. Conclusions: The DF/DD ratio may be a simple and useful clinical aid in detecting large and small discs. The 2.0 fixed DF/DD ratio, showed 100% sensitivity in detecting both large and small discs, although medium discs may be misdiagnosed as small discs more often than as large discs.
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KEYWORD
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Disc diameter, Disc-to-fovea distance, Optic disc size, Stereoscopic disc photography
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