Physical Activity and Macular Choroidal Circulation in Older Adults With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A…

Cross-sectionalTranslational vision science & technology· Jul 2026

Physical Activity and Macular Choroidal Circulation in Older Adults With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.

Zhonghua Luo, Zihao Lin, Yuefeng Yu … Jingjing Huang

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More vigorous exercise linked to healthier macular choroidal blood flow in glaucoma

Physical Activity and Macular Choroidal Circulation in Older Adults With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.

Zhonghua Luo … Jingjing Huang

Translational vision science & technology · Jul 2026 · Q1 in Ophthalmology

Purpose

To evaluate the relationship between physical activity (physical activity) and choroidal circulation in older adults with primary open-angle glaucoma (primary open-angle glaucoma) using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography).

Methods

This cross-sectional study included participants aged 60 years or older from the Elderly Glaucoma and Sleep Study, comprising both patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and age-matched controls.

β = 0.06, P = 0.004

Results

β = 0.06, P = 0.004

More moderate-to-vigorous activity was linked to higher choriocapillaris blood flow density

More results

Older adults with primary open-angle glaucoma engaged in substantially lower levels of physical activity, particularly moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, and showed reduced choroidal vascular volume and CC FD compared with age-matched controls (all P < 0.05).

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Older adults with primary open-angle glaucoma showed reduced habitual physical activity levels and impaired macular choroidal circulation.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Longer moderate-to-vigorous physical activity duration was associated with better macular choroidal circulation in older adults with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Physical Activity and Macular Choroidal Circulation in Older Adults With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.

Physical Activity and Macular Choroidal Circulation in Older Adults With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Study.

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