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Relationship between axial length of the emmetropic eye and the age, body height, and body weight of schoolchildren
Author(s) -
Šelović Alen,
Juresa Vesna,
Ivankovic Davor,
Malcic Davor,
Šelović Bobonj Gordana
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of human biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1520-6300
pISSN - 1042-0533
DOI - 10.1002/ajhb.20107
Subject(s) - emmetropia , hum , body height , body weight , refractive error , ophthalmology , linear relationship , anatomy , medicine , mathematics , eye disease , statistics , art , performance art , art history
This report assesses the relationship of axial length of emmetropic (without refractive error) eyes to age, height, and weight in 1,600 Croatian schoolchildren. Axial eye lengths were determined by an ultrasonic eye biometry (A scan). Axial length of both eyes increases with age, height, and weight but shows a closer correlation to height and weight than to age. Boys have a significantly longer axial eye length than girls ( P < 0.01). Boys or girls of similar or nearing body height and body weight and with emmetropic eyes have close linear measures of anatomic eye structures within their sex, regardless their age. Body height demonstrates the closest correlation to the growth and development of the emmetropic eye. Am. J. Hum. Biol. 17:173–177, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.