Table 5

Summary of reports on macular thickness measurements in healthy subjects using different spectral domain-OCT device

StudyCountryYearSD-OCT systemMean age±SDNumber of eyes/subjects searchedCentral macular thickness (mean μm±SD)Foveal macular volume (mm3)Total macular volume (mm3)Repeatability of full-retinal layer thickness (ICC, 95% CI)
Hanno et al22Norway2007–2008Cirrus HD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec)61.0±8.07686/4508265.9±21.4NA8.02±0.36NA
Hashemi et al23Iran2008–2009Cirrus HD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec)54.2±5.63024/3024255.4±23.8NA10.01±0.51NA
Song et al14Korea2008–2009Cirrus HD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec)55.6±16.4198/198253.9±24.2NA9.74±0.71NA
Myers et al24United States2008–2010Topcon 3D OCT-1000 Mark II72.6±6.31838/977287.5±27.0NANANA
Adhi et al3Pakistan2009–2010Topcon 3D OCT-1000 Mark II45.3220/220229.0±20.5NANANA
Patel et al17United Kingdom2009–2010Topcon 3D OCT-1000 Mark II55.2±8.232062/32062264.5±22.9NA7.87±0.37NA
Gupta et al11China2009–2011Cirrus HD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec)53.2±6.1490/490250.4±20.6NA10.09±0.41NA
Chua et al25China, Malaysia and India2009–2011Cirrus SD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec)56.0±8.03043/2047251.8±24.8NANANA
Ooto et al26Japan20103D-OCT 100048.6248/248221.9±18.8NANANA
Choovuthayakorn et al27Thailand2011Spectralis (Heidelberg Engineering)49.2±17.2368/368259.2±19.10.20±0.028.59±0.37NA
Wang et al28China2011Spectralis (Heidelberg Engineering)60.0±8.0384/384259.8±18.9NANANA
Pokharel et al29Nepal2013Spectralis (Heidelberg Engineering)21.2±6.8126/63247.7±19.90.20±0.028.49±0.31NA
Natung et al30India2013–2014Cirrus HD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec)38.1±12.1800/400240.4±18.3NANANA
Al-Zamil et al31Saudi2015Cirrus HD-OCT (Carl Zeiss Meditec)29.9±7.85158/158244.8±23.60.20±0.028.48±0.35NA
Invernizzi et al32Italy2017Spectralis (Heidelberg Engineering)39.9±13.9200/200280.1±17.5NANA0.995
  • ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; OCT, optical coherence tomography.