LMS parameters, percentile, and Z-score growth curves for axial length in Chinese schoolchildren in Wuhan.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the ocular structural changes are fundamental to defining strategies for myopia prevention and management. This study aimed to establish age-gender specific normative LMS parameters for axial length to generate percentile and Z-score growth curves in a population of Chinese schoolchildren. A total of 14,760 individuals aged 6 to 15 years from Wuhan, central China, contributed to this study. The LMS method was used for the calculation of LMS parameters and the generation of percentile and Z-score growth curves for axial length. Growth curves derived from the LMS parameters were compared with those originally calculated. Axial elongation was age- and percentile-dependent. The highest elongation rate occurred at the 98th percentile in the range 6 to 9 years, being up to 1.46 mm

SUBMITTER: Sanz Diez P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8941183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature