TY - JOUR
T1 - Do sex and hormonal status influence choroidal circulation?
AU - Centofanti, Marco
AU - Bonini, Stefano
AU - Manni, Gianluca
AU - Guinetti-Neuschüler, Cesare
AU - Bucci, Massimo G.
AU - Harris, Alon
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Aims - To investigate the relation between pulse amplitude (PA), pulsatile ocular blood flow (POBF), and sex and hormonal status. Methods - Measurements of POBF and PA were obtained by ocular blood flow tonography in 76 healthy subjects: 32 males and 44 females (age range 17-77 years). Females were divided into two age groups: group 1 (premenopausal) 17-42 years, and group 2 (post-menopausal) 55 years old and over. Two groups of age matched males served as controls. Results - Premenopausal females demonstrated a significantly higher rate of POBF and PA than age matched males and post-menopausal females. Conclusion - Sex and hormonal status were shown to influence choroidal circulation.
AB - Aims - To investigate the relation between pulse amplitude (PA), pulsatile ocular blood flow (POBF), and sex and hormonal status. Methods - Measurements of POBF and PA were obtained by ocular blood flow tonography in 76 healthy subjects: 32 males and 44 females (age range 17-77 years). Females were divided into two age groups: group 1 (premenopausal) 17-42 years, and group 2 (post-menopausal) 55 years old and over. Two groups of age matched males served as controls. Results - Premenopausal females demonstrated a significantly higher rate of POBF and PA than age matched males and post-menopausal females. Conclusion - Sex and hormonal status were shown to influence choroidal circulation.
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U2 - 10.1136/bjo.84.7.786
DO - 10.1136/bjo.84.7.786
M3 - Article
C2 - 10873995
AN - SCOPUS:0033944768
VL - 84
SP - 786
EP - 787
JO - British Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology
SN - 0007-1161
IS - 7
ER -