Choroidal and Retinal Thickness and Axial Eye Elongation in Chinese Junior Students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore the associations between macular choroidal and retinal thickness and axial elongation in non-myopic and myopic junior students.

Methods

In this school-based longitudinal observational study, axial length was measured by optical low-coherence reflectometry, and choroidal thickness and retinal thickness were measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Myopia was defined as non-cycloplegic objective spherical equivalent refraction ≤ -0.50 diopters. Structural equation modeling and multiple linear regression models were used to analyze the associations between baseline choroidal and retinal thickness with axial elongation.

Results

Out of 1307 students examined at baseline in 2017, 1197 (91.58%) returned for follow-up examination in 2018, w

SUBMITTER: Tian F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297418 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature