Longitudinal Study of Changes in Retinal Curvature and its Relationship With Myopia Shift in Chinese Children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate longitudinal changes in retinal curvature (RC) among Chinese children and its relationship with myopia progression.

Methods

This 12-month longitudinal study included children aged 6 to 16 years, divided into groups based on changes in spherical equivalent refraction (SER) over 1 year: the myopic shift group and the non-myopic shift group. Comprehensive examinations including swept-source optical coherence tomography were performed in each visit. RC was assessed using a customized 3D reconstruction algorithm. The central, temporal, nasal, superior, and inferior quadrates were further divided into nine regions and calculated the average curvature for each. The retinal surface asymmetry index (R-SAI) was calculated to describ

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12270024 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature