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. 2017 Nov 9;2017:5694235. doi: 10.1155/2017/5694235

Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies.

Studies Study groups with the numbers of included women Age (yr)
Mean ± SD
Normal pregnant women
Age (yr)
Mean ± SD
Control group
Gestational age (wk)+ mean ± SD EDI-OCT Type of measurement Measured areas SFCT (um)
Mean ± SD
Normal pregnant
women
(n)
Normal non-pregnant
women
(n)
Women with Preeclampsia
(n)
Women after pregnancy
(n)
Normal pregnant
women
Control group
Liu et al. 46 71 Not applicable Not applicable 27.87 ± 3.65 28.43 ± 3.15 28–38
(30.20 ± 1.63)
Heidelberg Manually SFCT,
1 mm and 3 mm nasally, temporally, superiorly, inferiorly
344.13 ± 50.94 315.03 ± 60.57

Takahashi et al. 25 27 Not applicable Not applicable 30.4 ± 6.0 30.0 ± 6.3 27–38
(31.0 ± 3.2)
Heidelberg Manually SFCT,
3 mm temporally;
3 mm nasally;
3 mm superiorly;
3 mm inferiorly
275 ± 84 273 ± 92

Kara et al. 100 100 Not applicable Not applicable 28.6 ± 6.3 30.5 ± 6.2 15–38
(27.3 ± 6.6)
Cirrus HD-OCT Manually SFCT 371.1 ± 61.8 337.2 ± 62.4

Ulusoy et al. 29 36 Not applicable 29 27.41 ± 5.48 28.00 ± 5.27 28–39
(31.97 ± 3.77)
Heidelberg Manually SFCT 387.97 ± 59.91 320.86 ± 59.18

Dadaci et al. 27 25 Not applicable Not applicable 28.9 ± 5.5 29.2 ± 7.0 6–8
(6.8 ± 0.8)
32–37
(35.1 ± 1.9)
Cirrus HD-OCT Manually SFCT;
three locations nasal and three locations temporal to the fovea at 500 um intervals
I trimester OP
349.22 ± 82.11 μm 
III trimester OP
333.56 ± 76.61 μm 
I trimester OL
341.30 ± 85.22 μm 
III trimester OL
326.93 ± 75.84 μm
OP-318.88–53.13 
OL-310.60–51.09

Sayin et al. 46 40 33 Not applicable 28.1 ± 6.2 30.2 ± 6.2 17–37
(28.0 ± 5.8)
Cirrus-HD-OCT Manually SFCT 368.6 ± 67.6 334.8 ± 59.9

Goktas et al. 90:
30 - I trimester
30 - II trimester
30 – III trimester
30 Not applicable Not applicable 28.5 ± 6.4
26.6 ± 4.2
26.9 ± 6.2
29.4 ± 2 7.4 ± 2.6
19.2 ± 2.9
33.1 ± 2.8
Heidelberg Manually SFCT;
3 mm temporally; 3 mm nasally
I trimester
362 ± 81
II trimester
395 ± 80
III trimester
368 ± 70
335 ± 86

Kim et al. 14 21 7 Not applicable 31.43 ± 2.88 30.43 ± 4.15 32.14 ± 2.69 Heidelberg Manually SFCT 274.23 ± 29.30 264.95 ± 21.03

Rothwell et al. 12 12 Not applicable Not applicable 32.77 ± 2.08 32.92 ± 3.01 29–35
32.4
Heidelberg Automatically SFCT; + 9 subfields defined by the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) 319.58 ± 6.11 287.58 ± 43.44

Ataş et al. 25 26 27 Not applicable 27.76 ± 5.21 29 ± 7.1 31.37 ± 4.9 Heidelberg Manually SFCT 387.2 ± 60.76 322.35 ± 63.89