Ocular Biometric Measurements In Emmetropic And Myopic Malaysian Children - A Population-Based Study
- Author:
Azura Ramlee
;
Goh Pik Pin
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Myopia, emmetropia, ocular biometry, axial length, vitreous depth, corneal curvature
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2012;67(5):497-502
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This is the first population based study on ocular biometric measurements (OBMs) conducted in Malaysia. Its objective is to measure and compare among children of different ethnicity who have myopia and emmetropia. Subsets of children aged between 7 and 8 years old who participated in a larger population based refractive error study had their axial length, anterior chamber depth, lens thickness and vitreous depth measured using A scan and vertical and horizontal corneal curvature measured using an autokeratorefractometer.
Eighty eight of the 870 children (10.1%) examined had myopia. Boys, Chinese and children with myopia had significantly longer axial length and vitreous
depth compared to girls, Malay and Indian and children who
were emmetropic respectively. Girls and children with
myopia had steeper corneal curvature. The baseline OBMs
in Malaysian children of different ethnicity are valuable for studies in myopia progression. Like other studies, children with myopia have longer axial length (P <0.001). and vitreous depth (P <0.001) compared to children who are emmetropia (without myopia).
