Comparison of Ophthalmological Parameters in Systemic Sclerosis Patients and Controls

A clinical study dataset comparing retinal features in 41 systemic sclerosis patients and 38 healthy controls using optical coherence tomography. The data includes measurements of best-corrected visual acuity, central retinal thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and prevalence of fundus abnormalities. It was authored by Lilla Smeller and last updated on 2026-04-21.

Use Cases

• Identify retinal biomarkers for systemic sclerosis based on features like drusen-like deposits and foveal pit abnormalities.
• Compare central retinal thickness and subfoveal choroidal thickness between patient and control groups.
• Analyze the prevalence of specific fundus abnormalities (e.g., epiretinal membrane) in an autoimmune disease cohort.
• Train classification models to distinguish systemic sclerosis patients from controls using ophthalmological parameters.

Strengths

• Includes a control group of 38 age-matched healthy individuals for comparison.
• Reports specific, quantified findings such as a 46.3% prevalence of drusen-like deposits in patients.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse and modification.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Lilla Smeller.

Collection Method

Clinical study involving comprehensive ophthalmologic assessment and optical coherence tomography imaging.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 17:28:04; freshness should be verified.

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