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. 2021 Jul 5;260(1):1–23. doi: 10.1007/s00417-021-05271-4

Table 2.

Summarised data of all included studies

First author Gonioscopy criteria AS-OCT criteria Threshold value Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Porporato [34] Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants ITC index  ≥ 35% 82.1 (74.8–88.1) 78.4 (76.4–80.4) 23.6 (21.5–25.8) 98.2 (97.4–98.7)
 ≥ 50% 75.7 (67.8–82.6) 84.2 (82.4–85.9) 28.0 (25.2–31.0) 97.7 (97.0–98.3)
 ≥ 75% 60.7 (52.1–68.9) 90.8 (89.3–92.1) 34.8 (30.5–39.5) 96.6 (95.9–97.2)
Li [35] Posterior PTM not visible in > 180 degrees AOD500 @ Temporal (mm) 0.221 (0.215, 0.270) 97.5 65.7
AOD500 @ Nasal (mm) 0.192 (0.184, 0.213) 97.4 80.0
AOD500 @ Superior (mm) 0.106 (0.085, 0.146) 95.0 85.3
AOD500 @ Inferior (mm) 0.150 (0.097, 0.186) 97.4 74.3
AOD750 @ Temporal (mm) 0.240 (0.232, 0.301) 97.5 85.7
AOD750 @ Nasal (mm) 0.231 (0.222, 0.300) 95.0 77.1
AOD750 @ Superior (mm) 0.106 (0.085, 0.146) 92.5 88.2
AOD750 @ Inferior (mm) 0.217 (0.196, 0.258) 92.5 77.1
TISA500 @ Temporal (mm^2) 0.077 (0.068, 0.080) 87.5 80.0
TISA500 @ Nasal (mm^2) 0.073 (0.039, 0.086) 94.9 77.1
TISA500 @ Superior (mm^2) 0.015 (0.002, 0.038) 85.0 91.2
TISA500 @ Inferior (mm^2) 0.050 (0.015, 0.067) 100.0 80.0
TISA750 @ Temporal (mm^2) 0.153 (0.134, 0.200) 92.5 60.0
TISA750 @ Nasal (mm^2) 0.123 (0.099, 0.128) 95.0 77.1
TISA750 @ Superior (mm^2) 0.065 (0.032, 0.117) 95.0 85.3
TISA750 @ Inferior (mm^2) 0.106 (0.054, 0.133) 97.4 62.9
ACD (mm) 2.28 (2.04, 2.37) 92.5 88.6
ACV (mm^3) 98.1 (89.2, 118.1) 90.0 97.1
Porporato [33]a Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 3 quadrants ITC index  ≥ 35% 84.7 (76.0–91.2) 77.0 (75.0–78.0) 16.7 (15.1–18.4) 98.9 (98.3–99.3)
 ≥ 50% 84.7 (76.0–91.2) 77.1 (75.0–78.0) 16.7 (15.1–18.4) 98.9 (98.3–99.3)
 ≥ 75% 61.2 (50.8–70.7) 89.7 (88.2–91.0) 24.3 (19.2–30.2) 97.7 (96.8–98.4)
Nongpiur [32] Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants LV  > 0.56 mm 64.6 (49.5–77.8) 78.3 (73.0–83.0)
AOD750  ≤ 0.31 mm 95.8 (85.7–99.5) 60.1 (54.2–65.9)
Stepwise logistic regression using LV and AOD750 abs value > 1.99 91.7 (80.0–97.7) 63.0 (57.1–68.6)
Angle closure score as defined by Nongpiur et al abs value > 3.11 79.2 (65.0–89.5) 73.2 (67.6–78.3)
Tun [36] Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants  ≥ 2 quadrants with any irido-corneal contact anterior to scleral spur 0.68 (0.53–0.80) 0.86 (0.78–0.92) 0.71 (0.59–0.80) 0.85 (0.78–0.89)
Melese [37]b Spaeth grade A or B. Clinical judgement used for Spaeth grade C (95% CI) (min, max) (min, max)
AOD500 @ Temporal (mm) 0.28 (0.17–0.39) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.79 (0.58, 0.97)
AOD500 @ Nasal (mm) 0.23 (0.14–0.32) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.87 (0.69, 1.00)
AOD500 @Superior (mm) 0.15 (0.08–0.21) 0.87 (0.61, 1.00) 0.92 (0.71, 1.00)
AOD500 @ Inferior (mm) 0.24 (0.21–0.26) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.84 (0.65, 1.00)
AOD750 @ Temporal (mm) 0.37 (0.29–0.46) 0.97 (0.82, 1.00) 0.84 (0.66, 0.97)
AOD750 @ Nasal (mm) 0.39 (0.33–0.46) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.79 (0.58, 0.95)
AOD750 @ Superior (mm) 0.24 (0.19–0.29) 0.97 (0.84,1.00) 0.87 (0.66, 1.00)
AOD750 @ Inferior (mm) 0.31 (0.25–0.37) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.92 (0.76, 1.00)
TISA500 @ Temporal (mm^2) 0.079 (0.045–0.113) 0.97 (0.85, 1.00) 0.76 (0.58, 0.96)
TISA500 @ Nasal (mm^2) 0.070 (0.037–0.103) 0.87 (0.59, 1.00) 0.84 (0.68, 1.00)
TISA500 @ Superior (mm^2) 0.028 (0.012–0.043) 0.87 (0.61, 1.00) 0.87 (0.68, 1.00)
TISA500 @ Inferior (mm^2) 0.054 (0.045–0.064) 1.00 (1.00,1.00) 0.84 (0.65, 1.00)
TISA750 @ Temporal (mm^2) 0.162 (0.031–0.101) 0.97 (0.85, 1.00) 0.79 (0.58, 0.97)
TISA750 @ Nasal (mm^2) 0.134 (0.079–0.190) 0.94 (0.70, 1.00) 0.84 (0.66, 0.98)
TISA750 @ Superior (mm^2) 0.073 (0.042–0.103) 0.87 (0.61, 1.00) 0.89 (0.68, 1.00)
TISA750 @ Inferior (mm^2) 0.120 (0.098–0.142) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.84 (0.65, 1.00)
TICV500 (microL) 1.92 (1.26–2.57) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.87 (0.70, 1.00)
TICV750 (microL) 4.00 (2.95–5.06) 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) 0.87 (0.70, 1.00)
ITC length @ Temporal (mm) 0.030 (0.000–0.112) 0.80 (0.56, 1.00) 0.84 (0.66, 0.98)
ITC length @ Nasal (mm) 0.017 (0.000–0.089) 0.61 (0.35, 0.90) 0.94 (0.82, 1.00)
ITC length @ Superior (mm) 0.159 (0.067–0.250) 0.80 (0.45, 1.00) 0.79 (0.43, 0.95)
ITC length @ Inferior (mm) 0.054 (0.000–0.112) 0.87 (0.58, 1.00) 0.79 (0.56, 0.95)
ITC index (%) 36.9 (23.1–51.1) 0.93 (0.73, 1.00) 0.84 (0.63, 0.98)
ITC area (mm^2) 3.27 (1.40–5.15) 0.93 (0.73, 1.00) 0.87 (0.68, 1.00)
Baskaran [31] Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants  ≥ 1 quadrant with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 100.0 (92.6–100.0) 22.1 (17.4–27.4)
 ≥ 2 quadrants with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 75.0 (60.4–86.4) 56.5 (50.5–62.3)
 ≥ 3 quadrants with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 41.7 (27.6–56.8) 89.1 (84.9–92.5)
4 quadrants with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 16.7 (7.48–30.2) 97.2 (94.5–98.8)
Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 3 quadrants  ≥ 1 quadrants with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 100.0 (87.7–100) 20.7 (16.3–25.6)
 ≥ 2 quadrants with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 82.1 (63.1–93.9) 55.1 (49.3–60.8)
 ≥ 3 quadrants with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 50.0 (30.7–69.4) 87.9 (83.7–91.3)
4 quadrants with any iridotrabecular contact anterior to scleral spur 25.0 (10.7–44.9) 97.1 (94.5–98.6)
Dabasia [38]c Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 270 degrees ACA (°)  ≤ 20.7 87.2 (72.6–95.7) 86.8 (71.9–95.6)
Expert opinion after dynamic gonio assessment  ≤ 18.6 100 (80.5–100.0) 66.7 (53.3–78.3)
Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 270 degrees ACD (mm)  ≤ 2.50 71.8 (55.1–85.0) 84.6 (69.5–94.1)
Expert opinion after dynamic gonio assessment  ≤ 2.38 82.3 (56.6–96.2) 83.6 (71.9–91.8)
Campbell [39] Posterior TM visible for less than 270 degrees Iridotrabecular touch in nasal or temporal quadrant Visit 1 46 (17—77) 87 (76—94) 36 90
Visit 2 25 (6—57) 89 (79—96) 31 86
Qin [40] Modified Shaffer grade ≤ 1 in all quadrants AOD-Schwalbe's Line @ Nasal (mm) 0.29 80 87
AOD-Schwalbe's Line @ Temporal (mm) 0.29 85 77
Nongpiur [26] Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 180 degrees Stepwise logistic regression model 0.5 96 75 51 99
0.26 89 89 69 97
Baskaran [41] Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 1 quadrants ITC index  > 35% 69.1 (52.9–82.4) 88.8 (80.8–94.3) 72.5 (55.9–85.5) 87.0 (78.8–92.9)
 ≥ 50% 42.9 (27.7–59.0) 94.9 (88.5–98.3) 78.3 (55.7–92.8) 79.5 (71.0–86.4)
 > 70% 21.4 (10.3–36.8) 99.0 (94.4–100.0) 90.0 (55.5–99.7) 74.6 (66.2–81.8)
Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants  > 35% 71.9 (53.3–86.3) 84.3 (76.0–90.6) 57.5 (40.9–73.0) 91.0 (83.6–95.8)
 ≥ 50% 43.8 (26.4–62.3) 91.7 (84.8–96.1) 60.9 (38.5–80.3) 84.6 (76.7–90.6)
 > 70% 25.0 (11.5–43.4) 98.1 (93.5–99.8) 80.0 (42.2–97.9) 81.5 (73.8–87.8)
Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 3 quadrants  > 35% 71.0 (52.0–85.8) 83.5 (75.2–89.9) 55.0 (38.5–70.7) 91.0 (83.6–95.8)
 ≥ 50% 45.2 (27.3–64.0) 91.7 (84.9–96.2) 60.9 (38.0–80.7) 85.5 (77.8–91.3)
 > 70% 25.8 (11.9–44.6) 98.2 (93.5–99.8) 80.0 (44.4–97.5) 82.3 (74.6–88.4)
Posterior PTM not visible in 4 quadrants  > 35% 92.3 (64.0–99.8) 78.0 (69.7–84.8) 30.0 (16.6–46.5) 99.0 (94.5–100.0)
 ≥ 50% 76.9 (46.2–95.0) 89.8 (83.1–94.4) 43.5 (23.2–65.5) 97.4 (92.7–99.5)
 > 70% 46.2 (19.2–74.9) 96.9 (92.1–99.1) 60.0 (26.2–87.8) 94.6 (89.2–97.8)
Baskaran [42] Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 1 quadrants 95 61 61.7 94.9
Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 2 quadrants 92 65 63.5 92.5
Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 3 quadrants 84 75 68.1 88.0
Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 4 quadrants 77 76 68 83.3
Tan [30] Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 180 degrees LV (mm)  ≥ 0.576 85.7 77.5 51 95.2
Grewal [43] Shaffer grade ≤ 1 in all quadrants AOD500 @ Nasal (mm)  ≤ 0.34 78.6 (59.0–91.7) 71.3 (65.1–77.0) 19.5 (11.3–30.1) 97.1 (93.4–99.0)
AOD500 @ Temporal (mm)  ≤ 0.32 67.9 (47.7–84.1) 88.2 (83.4–92.0) 33.3 (18.6–51.0) 96.3 (92.8–98.4)
TISA500 @ Nasal (mm^2)  ≤ 0.20 64.3 (44.1–81.3) 78.7 (72.8–83.8) 18.3 (9.50–30.4) 95.3 (91.2–97.8)
TISA500 @ Temporal (mm^2)  ≤ 0.21 71.4 (51.3–86.7) 81.0 (75.4–85.8) 22.8 (12.8–35.8) 96.4 (92.7–98.5)
Chang [27] Shaffer grade ≤ 1 in ≥ 2 quadrants AOD750 if SS visible. If not, subjective assessment (mm)  ≤ 0.258 83.0 (78.9–86.5) 78.2 (76.1–80.2) 48.4 (44.6–52.3) 94.9 (93.6–96.0)
Narayanaswamy [29]d Posterior PTM not visible in ≥ 180 degrees AOD250 @ Temporal (mm) 0.144 77.1 (72.5–81.8) 68.2 (65.6–70.9) 37.7 (33.8–41.6) 92.2 (90.4–94.0)
AOD250 @ Nasal (mm) 0.138 75.6 (70.8–80.3) 70.6 (68.0–73.2) 39.1 (35.1–43.1) 92.0 (90.2–93.8)
AOD500 @ Temporal (mm) 0.191 88.9 (85.4–92.3) 74.6 (72.1–77.1) 46.6 (42.5–50.7) 96.4 (95.1–97.6)
AOD500 @ Nasal (mm) 0.177 85.1 (81.1–89.0) 76.1 (73.7–78.6) 47.1 (42.8–51.3) 95.3 (93.9–96.6)
AOD750 @ Temporal (mm) 0.258 90.2 (86.9–93.4) 77.4 (74.9–79.8) 49.9 (45.6–54.2) 96.9 (95.8–98.0)
AOD750 @ Nasal (mm) 0.225 82.5 (78.3–86.7) 84.0 (81.9–86.2) 56.3 (51.6–61.0) 95.0 (93.7–96.3)
TISA500 @ Temporal (mm^2) 0.103 88.2 (84.7–91.8) 59.1 (56.3–62.0) 35.0 (31.6–38.5) 95.2 (93.6–96.7)
TISA500 @ Nasal (mm^2) 0.076 73.3 (68.4–78.2) 75.2 (72.7–77.7) 42.4 (38.1–46.7) 91.8 (90.0–93.5)
TISA750 @ Temporal (mm^2) 0.151 83.5 (79.4–87.6) 76.7 (74.3–79.2) 47.3 (43.0–51.6) 94.8 (93.4–96.2)
TISA750 @ Nasal (mm^2) 0.134 80.3 (75.9–84.7) 77.5 (75.1–79.9) 47.2 (42.8–51.8) 94.0 (92.5–95.5)
ARA750 @ Temporal (mm^2) 0.191 84.1 (80.1–88.2) 69.2 (66.5–71.9) 40.6 (36.7–44.4) 94.5 (93.0–96.0)
ARA750 @ Nasal (mm^2) 0.154 74.0 (69.1–78.8) 75.8 (73.3–78.3) 43.2 (38.9–47.5) 92.0 (90.3–93.7)
Khor [28] Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 1 quadrants of quadrants tested
Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 1 quadrants Inferior only 79.5 72.7 53.4 90.0
Inferior, nasal and temporal 82.2 68.3 50.5 90.7
Nasal and temporal only 40.8 89.0 59.3 79.3
Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants Inferior only 83.9 68.8 41.0 94.3
Inferior, nasal and temporal 87.4 64.8 39.0 95.2
Nasal and temporal only 46.8 87.6 49.3 86.5
Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 3 quadrants Inferior only 87.8 67.0 34.3 96.6
Inferior, nasal and temporal 90.8 62.8 32.4 97.2
Nasal and temporal only 49.2 86.4 41.5 89.7
Hong [44] TM visible in < 90 degrees ACA (°) 31.8 75.0 97.6
ACD (mm) 2.45 87.5 97.6
Sakata [45] Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 1 quadrants Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 1 quadrants
Visante data 97 (83–100) 51 (37–65) 53 (46–60) 96 (79–99)
SL-OCT data 90 (73–98) 64 (50–77) 59 (49–68) 92 (79–97)
Wong [46] Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 1 quadrants Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 1 quadrants 84 58 50 88
Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 2 quadrants 68 75 58 82
Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 3 quadrants 43 86 61 75
Posterior TM not visible in ≥ 2 quadrants Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 1 quadrants 83 55 44 88
Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 2 quadrants 65 72 50 83
Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 3 quadrants 46 86 59 79
Nolan [47]e Spaeth 0° in ≥ 1 quadrants, assessing temporal, nasal and inferior quadrants only Any iridotrabecular touch anterior to the SS in ≥ 1 quadrants out of the 3 temporal, nasal and inferior quadrants 94.1 (88.7–97.1) 55.3 (47.9–62.4) 62.7 (58.8–66.4) 92.1 (85.4–95.7)
Radhakrishnan [48] Shaffer grade ≤ 1 in 4 quadrants AOD500 (mm) 0.191 100.0 87.5
ARA500 (mm^2) 0.12 87.0 100
ARA750 (mm^2) 0.17 91.3 87.5
TISA500 (mm^2) 0.11 87.0 100
TISA750 (mm^2) 0.17 91.3 87.5

95% Confidence intervals indicated in brackets

Parameter with the highest Youden-J value in bold

aExcluded duplicate data from Porporato (2019)

bData from validation set only

cExcluded per individual analysis

dPPV/NPV values given for 20% prevalence

eExcluded per individual analysis