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Abstract #10338 Published in IGR 6-1
Intraocular pressure associations with refractive error and axial length in children
Lee AJ; Saw SM; Gazzard G; Cheng A; Tan DTBritish Journal of Ophthalmology 2004; 88: 5-7
AIM: To assess whether intraocular pressure (IOP) is associated with refractive error or axial length in children. METHODS: Of subjects in the Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors for Myopia (SCORM), 636 Chinese children aged nine to 11 years from two elementary schools underwent non-contact tonometry, cycloplegic autorefraction, and A-scan biometry during 2001. For analyses, refractive error was categorised into four groups; hypermetropia (spherical equivalent refraction (SE) ≥ +1.0D), emmetropia (-0.5D < SE < +1.0D), low myopia (-3.0D < SE ≤ -0.5D) and high myopia (SE ≤ -3.0D). RESULTS: Of the 636 children examined, 50.6% were male. The mean IOP was 16.6 (SD 2.7) mmHg. There were no significant IOP differences between low (mean IOP = 16.4 (2.8) mmHg) or high myopes (16.7 (2.5) mmHg) and emmetropes (16.7 (2.9) mmHg), p = 0.57. IOP was not correlated with spherical equivalent refraction (Spearman correlation, r = 0.009) or axial length (r = 0.030). In regression analyses adjusting for diastolic blood pressure, neither spherical equivalent (regression coefficient = 0.014) nor axial length (regression coefficient = 0.027) were significantly associated with IOP. CONCLUSIONS: These findings do not support an association between IOP and refractive error or axial length in children. This questions postulated roles of IOP in the pathogenesis of myopia.
Dr. A.J. Lee, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore, 16 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597, Republic of Singapore
Classification:
6.1 Intraocular pressure measurement; factors affecting IOP (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)
8 Refractive errors in relation to glaucoma
