1 Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China 2 Department of Glaucoma, Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital, Shenyang 110000, China
Abstract:Objective: To analyze the repeatability of the iCare iC100 rebound tonometer (iC100) and the corneal visualization Scheimpflug technology (CST), to evaluate the consistency of the results of CST, iC100and Goldmann applanation tonometer (GAT), and to analyze the relationship between iC100 tonometer and corneal biomechanical properties. Methods: This was a case series study that involved 50 healthy volunteers (50 eyes) in Shenyang Aier Eye Hospital from June to October 2020. iC100 and GAT were used to measure IOP, and each eye was measured three times. Corneal biomechanical parameters, central corneal thickness (CCT) and corneal biomechanical corrected intraocular pressure (bIOP) were obtained by CST. The intra-group correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to evaluate the repeatability of the three tonometers. The consistency of the tonometers was described by Bland-Altman analysis and one-way ANOVA. Pearson correlation coefficient and simple linear regression were used to analyze the relationship between each tonometer and CCT. Pearson correlation coefficient or nonparametric Spearman analysis was used to analyze the relationship between corneal biomechanical parameters and the three IOP measurment results, a multivariate linear regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between iC100 and corneal biomechanical properties. Results: All tonometers showed similar IOP results (bIOP: 14.79±1.73 mmHg; IOPGAT: 14.46±2.00 mmHg; IOPiC100: 14.18±2.80 mmHg). The IOP measurements of Corvis ST, iC100 and GAT were reproducible (ICC=0.729, 0.973, 0.923, P<0.001). Bland-Altman analysis showed that there was good consistency between IOPiC100 and bIOP, IOPiC100 and IOPGAT, bIOP and IOPGAT. With the exception of bIOP, IOPGAT and IOPiC100 were both affected by CCT (R2 =0.122, P=0.013; R2 =0.183, P=0.002, respectively). The IOP measurements of CST, GAT and iC100 were positively correlated with the first applanation length (TA1), stiffness parameter at first applanation (SP-A1), second applanation length (LA2), and second applanation velocity (VA2) (P<0.05). IOP measurements were negatively correlated with the first applanation velocity (VA1), second applanation time (TA2), deformation amplitude of the highest concavity (HC-DA), deformation amplitude ratio (DAR), and integrated radius (IR) (P<0.05). IOP measurements were not related to the time of highest concavity (HC-time). A multiple linear regression model was statistically significant (F=26.177, P<0.001, adjusted R2 =0.507), and the effects of DAR and TA2 included in the model on IOPiC100 were both statistically significant (t=-4.341, P<0.001; t=-2.080, P=0.043). Conclusions: The IOP measurement of iC100 has good repeatability and good consistency with that of GAT and Corvis ST and was affected by CCT. But compared with CCT, corneal biomechanical properties have a greater impact on the IOP measurement of iC100.
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