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Variation of corneal thickness with age in young New Zealanders
Author(s) -
Herse Peter,
Yao Weiping
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1993.tb07148.x
Subject(s) - ophthalmology , variation (astronomy) , optometry , medicine , demography , physics , astrophysics , sociology
The central thickness of the left eyes of 1082 New Zealand students aged 5 to 20 years were measured using optical pachometry No significant variation in corneal thickness was found with increasing age The mean corneal thickness of the left eye was 540±25 μm No significant differences in corneal thickness were found when the effects of sex or cultural groupings were examined Corneal thickness appears to remain constant between the age of 5 and 20 years, irrespective of sex or cultural grouping