Purpose:A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the relationship between refractive error and ocular biometrics in children from the Guangzhou twin eye study.Methods:.Twin participants aged 7-15 years were se...Purpose:A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the relationship between refractive error and ocular biometrics in children from the Guangzhou twin eye study.Methods:.Twin participants aged 7-15 years were selected from Guangzhou Twin Eye Study..Ocular examinations included visual acuity measurement, ocular motility evaluation, autorefraction under cycloplegia, and anterior segment, media, and fundus examination...Axial length(AL),..anterior cham ber depth(ACD), and corneal curvature radius were measured using partial coherence laser interferometry. A multivariate linear regression model was used for statistical analysis.Results:.Twin children from Guangzhou city showed a decreased spherical equivalent with age,.whereas both AL and ACD were increased and corneal curvature radius remained unchanged. When adjusted by age and gender, the data from77% of twins presenting with spherical equivalent changes indicated that these were caused by predictable variables.(R2=0.77, P<0.001). Primary factors affecting children's refraction included axial length(β=-0.97,P<0.001), ACD(β=0.33,P<0.001), and curvature radius(β=2.10,P<0.001). Girls had a higher tendency for myopic status than did boys(β=-0.26,P<0.001)..Age exerted no effect upon the changes in refraction(β=-0.01, P=0.25).Conclusion:.Refraction is correlated with ocular biometrics.Refractive status is largely determined by axial length as the major factor.展开更多
基金Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81271037)
文摘Purpose:A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the relationship between refractive error and ocular biometrics in children from the Guangzhou twin eye study.Methods:.Twin participants aged 7-15 years were selected from Guangzhou Twin Eye Study..Ocular examinations included visual acuity measurement, ocular motility evaluation, autorefraction under cycloplegia, and anterior segment, media, and fundus examination...Axial length(AL),..anterior cham ber depth(ACD), and corneal curvature radius were measured using partial coherence laser interferometry. A multivariate linear regression model was used for statistical analysis.Results:.Twin children from Guangzhou city showed a decreased spherical equivalent with age,.whereas both AL and ACD were increased and corneal curvature radius remained unchanged. When adjusted by age and gender, the data from77% of twins presenting with spherical equivalent changes indicated that these were caused by predictable variables.(R2=0.77, P<0.001). Primary factors affecting children's refraction included axial length(β=-0.97,P<0.001), ACD(β=0.33,P<0.001), and curvature radius(β=2.10,P<0.001). Girls had a higher tendency for myopic status than did boys(β=-0.26,P<0.001)..Age exerted no effect upon the changes in refraction(β=-0.01, P=0.25).Conclusion:.Refraction is correlated with ocular biometrics.Refractive status is largely determined by axial length as the major factor.
