Ophthalmological Data of Controls from a Systemic Sclerosis Study

41 systemic sclerosis patients and 38 age-matched healthy controls underwent optical coherence tomography imaging. The dataset includes measurements of central retinal thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and prevalence of fundus abnormalities like drusen-like deposits and epiretinal membranes. This 17.8 KB Excel file was authored by Lilla Smeller and last updated on April 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare retinal thickness metrics between patient and control groups based on central retinal thickness and subfoveal choroidal thickness measurements.
• Analyze the prevalence of specific fundus abnormalities like drusen-like deposits and epiretinal membranes in systemic sclerosis.
• Train or validate models to identify candidate imaging features associated with systemic sclerosis based on the described OCT findings.
• Conduct secondary analysis on the relationship between visual acuity and retinal structural changes mentioned in the results.

Strengths

• Includes a control group of 38 age-matched healthy individuals for comparison.
• Contains specific, quantified findings such as a 46.3% prevalence of drusen-like deposits in the patient group.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 17.8 KB, indicating a limited scope.
• The geographic and institutional provenance of the data is not specified.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Collected via a clinical study using comprehensive ophthalmologic assessment and optical coherence tomography imaging.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 17:27:54; freshness should be verified.

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