Ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western China
Abstract Background We aimed to measure ocular biometric characteristics in older cataract patients from western China. Methods Ocular biometry records were retrospectively analyzed for 6933 patients with cataracts (6933 eyes) at least 50 years old who were treated at West China Hospital of Sichuan...
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| description | Abstract Background We aimed to measure ocular biometric characteristics in older cataract patients from western China. Methods Ocular biometry records were retrospectively analyzed for 6933 patients with cataracts (6933 eyes) at least 50 years old who were treated at West China Hospital of Sichuan University. Results Partial coherence laser interferometry gave the following population averages: axial length (AL), 24.32 ± 2.42 mm; anterior chamber depth (ACD), 3.08 ± 0.47 mm; keratometric power (K), 44.23 ± 1.66 diopters; and corneal astigmatism (CA), 1.00 ± 0.92 diopters. The percentage of individuals with AL > 26.5 mm was 13.66%, while the percentage with CA > 1.0 diopters was 35.54%. Mean AL and ACD showed a trend of decrease with increasing age (P < 0.001). AL correlated positively with ACD (Spearman coefficient, 0.542) and CA (0.111), but negatively with K (− 0.411) (all P < 0.01). K also correlated negatively with ACD (− 0.078, P < 0.01). Conclusions These results show, for the first time, that older cataract patients from western China have similar ocular biometric characteristics as other populations. The high prevalence of severe axial myopia warrants further investigation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b1ad995940a4e58b018470121ca74342022-12-22T03:15:45ZengBMCBMC Ophthalmology1471-24152018-04-011811910.1186/s12886-018-0770-xOcular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western ChinaQing Huang0Yongzhi Huang1Qu Luo2Wei Fan3Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityDepartment of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityDepartment of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityDepartment of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityAbstract Background We aimed to measure ocular biometric characteristics in older cataract patients from western China. Methods Ocular biometry records were retrospectively analyzed for 6933 patients with cataracts (6933 eyes) at least 50 years old who were treated at West China Hospital of Sichuan University. Results Partial coherence laser interferometry gave the following population averages: axial length (AL), 24.32 ± 2.42 mm; anterior chamber depth (ACD), 3.08 ± 0.47 mm; keratometric power (K), 44.23 ± 1.66 diopters; and corneal astigmatism (CA), 1.00 ± 0.92 diopters. The percentage of individuals with AL > 26.5 mm was 13.66%, while the percentage with CA > 1.0 diopters was 35.54%. Mean AL and ACD showed a trend of decrease with increasing age (P < 0.001). AL correlated positively with ACD (Spearman coefficient, 0.542) and CA (0.111), but negatively with K (− 0.411) (all P < 0.01). K also correlated negatively with ACD (− 0.078, P < 0.01). Conclusions These results show, for the first time, that older cataract patients from western China have similar ocular biometric characteristics as other populations. The high prevalence of severe axial myopia warrants further investigation.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-018-0770-xAxial lengthAnterior chamber depthKeratometric powerCorneal astigmatismMyopiaIOL master |
| spellingShingle | Qing Huang Yongzhi Huang Qu Luo Wei Fan Ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western China BMC Ophthalmology Axial length Anterior chamber depth Keratometric power Corneal astigmatism Myopia IOL master |
| title | Ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western China |
| title_full | Ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western China |
| title_fullStr | Ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western China |
| title_short | Ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western China |
| title_sort | ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients in western china |
| topic | Axial length Anterior chamber depth Keratometric power Corneal astigmatism Myopia IOL master |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-018-0770-x |
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