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We investigated the relationship between baseline microcystic macular edema in the INL or INL thickness and subsequent visual field (VF) progression in glaucoma patients. Methods: This retrospective observational study included primary open-angle glaucoma with follow-up exceeding 3 years. We identified macular cystic changes through Spectralis optical coherence tomography and measured the INL thickness using automated segmentation. Glaucoma progression was determined using the Guided Progression Analysis program of the Humphrey filed analyzer, calculating the mean deviation (MD) changes (dB\/year). Results: Microcystic macular changes were observed in 12 (7.5%) of 162 patients. Patients with microcystic macular change had thicker INL thickness than those without it (p = 0.010). Progressors had a higher probability of having microcystic macular changes and a thicker average INL thickness than nonprogressors (p = 0.003, p = 0.019). Thicker INL thickness was associated with faster VF progression based on MD slope (dB\/year) in the multivariate regression analysis (p = 0.045). Additionally, greater intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuation was found to be associated with both a thicker INL and the presence of microcystic changes in the multivariate regression analysis (p = 0.003, 0.028). Conclusions: Increased macular INL thickness indicative of INL changes was linked to subsequent VF progression in glaucoma patients. These findings suggest that retinal inner nuclear change could serve as an indicator of progressive glaucoma.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13082312","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,17]],"date-time":"2024-04-17T07:54:36Z","timestamp":1713340476000},"page":"2312","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Thicker Inner Nuclear Layer as a Predictor of Glaucoma Progression and the Impact of Intraocular Pressure Fluctuation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Kyoung In","family":"Jung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hee Kyung","family":"Ryu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Si Eun","family":"Oh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hee Jong","family":"Shin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chan Kee","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"235","DOI":"10.1001\/archopht.118.2.235","article-title":"Swelling and loss of photoreceptors in chronic human and experimental glaucomas","volume":"118","author":"Nork","year":"2000","journal-title":"Arch. 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