| Current supplement Archive Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica |
1-2/2004
vol. 106 abstract:
Original paper
Central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure in the youth
Bronisława Koraszewska-Matuszewska
1
,
Elżbieta Samochowiec-Donocik
1
,
Erita Filipek
1
,
Ewa Pieczara
1
KLINIKA OCZNA 2004, Supl. 1-2: S234–S235
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Purpose
To estimate the central corneal thickness in young patients and to evaluate the relationship between the intraocular pressure (IOP) and pachometry. Material and methods Eighty eyes of 40 children at the age from 9-18 years, mean 13,75 were examined. The applanation tonometry, pachometry, refraction and examination of corneal diameter were done. To statistical purpose t-Student test was used α = 0,05. Results IOP ranged from 12 to 24 mmHg, in 32 eyes was above 17 mmHg, mean 20,2 ± 1,46 mmHg (I group) and in 48 eyeballs ranged from 12 to 17 mmHg, mean 15,6 ± 0,96 mmHg (II group), p = 0. In the I group pachometry was from 480 to 591 µm, mean 542 ± 11,1 and in the II group from 451 to 570 µm mean 521,7 ± 9,39 p = 0,006. Mean refractive error in the I group was -0,4 D (from -5,0 to +4,0 D) and in the II group mean -0,8 (from -6,25 to +4,75), p = 0,45. In the both groups corneal diameter was from 11,5 to 12,5 mm. Comparing eyeballs of patients at similar age, refraction and corneal diameter, it was shown that central corneal thickness in the group with higher IOP was statistically significantly bigger than in the group II. Conclusions Measuring IOP in children we have to take into account the corneal thickness. keywords:
central corneal thickness, intraocular pressure, youth |
