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They assist clinicians in identifying deviations that may indicate disease or abnormalities. The aim of this study was to determine normal reference values of ONH topographic measurements in a Congolese adult population using OCT.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Hospital-based cross-sectional observational study of 263 healthy adult subjects (18\u201376 years) who were scanned with a Topcon 3D OCT-2000 device using the optic disc scan pattern. The 2.5\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      , 5\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      , median, 95\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      , and 97.5\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      percentiles, and the mean of the optic disc area (ODA), optic disc vertical diameter (ODVD), optic disc horizontal diameter (ODHD), vertical cup-to-disc ratio (VCDR), area cup-to-disc ratio (ACDR), optic disc cup area (ODCA), and optic disc rim area (ODRA) were determined.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The median (IQR) was 2.70 (0.92) mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      for ODA, 2.03 (0.32) mm for ODVD, 1.70 (0.5) mm for ODHD, 0.57 (0.20) for VCDR, 0.89 (0.81) mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      for ODCA, 1.74 (0.75) mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      for ODRA. The lower and upper limits of normality were 1.88 and 4.67 mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (ODA), 1.64 and 2.64 mm (ODVD), 0.00 and 0.81 (VCDR), 0.00 and 2.60 mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (ODCA), and 1.63 and 3.22 mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      (ODRA). For OCT classification, the range of 2.02-4.19 mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      was considered normal for ODA, 1.73-2.51 mm for ODVD, 0.23-0.76 for VCDR, 0.04-0.63 for ACDR, 0.11-2.33 mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      for ODCA, and 1.69-3.01 mm\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      for ODRA. ODRA was significantly larger in women than men. None of the optic disc parameters correlated with age.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study provides population-specific normative data describing ONH morphology in healthy Congolese adults, addressing a critical gap for African populations that remain underrepresented in ocular imaging research. These ONH measurements were significantly greater than found in other populations. 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