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Cohort studyOphthalmic epidemiology · 2026

Longitudinal Development of Macular Ganglion Cell Layer Thickness in Children: The Copenhagen Child Cohort 2000 Eye Study.

Andreas Worm Bendtsen, Lea Lykkebirk, Christopher Maximilian Behrens … Steffen Hamann
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Macular ganglion cell layer thickness increased slightly in boys from ages 11 to 16

Longitudinal Development of Macular Ganglion Cell Layer Thickness in Children: The Copenhagen Child Cohort 2000 Eye Study.

Andreas Worm Bendtsen … Steffen Hamann
Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2026
Purpose

To examine changes in macular ganglion cell layer (ganglion cell layer) thickness over five years in a community-based birth cohort of children without ophthalmic disease.

Methods

This prospective study included 660 children without ophthalmic disease from the Copenhagen Child Cohort 2000 Eye Study.

n = 660 children
Results
1.6%
In boys, the retina's nerve cell layer thickened by about this much over five years.
n = 660 children
More results

In girls, ganglion cell layer thickness was stable or slightly decreased (-0.4%), with significance in four of seven measurements.

Baseline axial length (axial length) differed significantly between sexes (23.47/22.89 mm in boys/girls, p < 0.0001), as did axial growth between visits (Δaxial length, 0.19/0.42 mm in boys/girls, p < 0.0001).

More results

No consistent associations were found between axial length and ganglion cell layer thickness or longitudinal changes thereof.

No significant differences were found in baseline ganglion cell layer thickness or longitudinal change in ganglion cell layer between eyes with or without ODD.

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Conclusion

Ganglion cell layer thickness remained relatively stable between ages 11 and 16, with small but statistically significant differences between sexes.

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