O'Donoghue, Lisa, McClelland, Julie F., Logan, Nicola S., Rudnicka, Alicja R., Owen, Chris G. and Saunders, Kathryn J. (2013). Profile of anisometropia and aniso-astigmatism in children; prevalence and association with age, ocular biometric measures, and refractive status. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54 (1), pp. 602-608.
Abstract
Purpose. We describe the profile and associations of anisometropia and aniso-astigmatism in a population-based sample of children. Methods. The Northern Ireland Childhood Errors of Refraction (NICER) study used a stratified random cluster design to recruit a representative sample of children from schools in Northern Ireland. Examinations included cycloplegic (1% cyclopentolate) autorefraction, and measures of axial length, anterior chamber depth, and corneal curvature. ?2 tests were used to assess variations in the prevalence of anisometropia and aniso-astigmatism by age group, with logistic regression used to compare odds of anisometropia and aniso-astigmatism with refractive status (myopia, emmetropia, hyperopia). The Mann-Whitney U test was used to examine interocular differences in ocular biometry. Results. Data from 661 white children aged 12 to 13 years (50.5% male) and 389 white children aged 6 to 7 years (49.6% male) are presented. The prevalence of anisometropia =1 diopters sphere (DS) did not differ statistically significantly between 6- to 7-year-old (8.5%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.9–13.1) and 12- to 13-year-old (9.4%; 95% CI, 5.9–12.9) children. The prevalence of aniso-astigmatism =1 diopters cylinder (DC) did not vary statistically significantly between 6- to 7-year-old (7.7%; 95% CI, 4.3–11.2) and 12- to 13-year-old (5.6%; 95% CI, 0.5–8.1) children. Anisometropia and aniso-astigmatism were more common in 12- to 13-year-old children with hyperopia =+2 DS. Anisometropic eyes had greater axial length asymmetry than nonanisometropic eyes. Aniso-astigmatic eyes were more asymmetric in axial length and corneal astigmatism than eyes without aniso-astigmatism. Conclusions. In this population, there is a high prevalence of axial anisometropia and corneal/axial aniso-astigmatism, associated with hyperopia, but whether these relations are causal is unclear. Further work is required to clarify the developmental mechanism behind these associations.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.12-11066 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry & Vision Science Research Group (OVSRG) College of Health & Life Sciences College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Vision, Hearing and Language Aston University (General) |
Additional Information: | Copyright 2013 The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc. . Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ophthalmology,Sensory Systems,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience |
Publication ISSN: | 1552-5783 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2024 08:29 |
Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2013 14:54 |
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Published Date: | 2013-01-21 |
Published Online Date: | 2012-12-11 |
Authors: |
O'Donoghue, Lisa
McClelland, Julie F. Logan, Nicola S. ( 0000-0002-0538-9516) Rudnicka, Alicja R. Owen, Chris G. Saunders, Kathryn J. |
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