Axial length growth and the risk of developing myopia in European children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To generate percentile curves of axial length (AL) for European children, which can be used to estimate the risk of myopia in adulthood.

Methods

A total of 12 386 participants from the population-based studies Generation R (Dutch children measured at both 6 and 9 years of age; N = 6934), the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) (British children 15 years of age; N = 2495) and the Rotterdam Study III (RS-III) (Dutch adults 57 years of age; N = 2957) contributed to this study. Axial length (AL) and corneal curvature data were available for all participants; objective cycloplegic refractive error was available only for the Dutch participants. We calculated a percentile score for each Dutch child at 6 and 9 years of age.

Results

Mean (SD) AL wa

SUBMITTER: Tideman JWL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6002955 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature