Wang Yang, Zhao Rulian, Pi Lianhong. Analysis of the correlation between refractive state and refractive parameters in children aged 3-12 years. [J]. Health Medicine Research and Practice 17(5):22-26(2020)
Wang Yang, Zhao Rulian, Pi Lianhong. Analysis of the correlation between refractive state and refractive parameters in children aged 3-12 years. [J]. Health Medicine Research and Practice 17(5):22-26(2020)DOI:
Analysis of the correlation between refractive state and refractive parameters in children aged 3-12 years
Objective To investigate the developmental characteristics of refractive parameters and to evaluate its associations with refraction in children aged 3-12 years. Methods Six hundred children(1 200 eyes) aged 3-12 years were studied in an ophthalmic clinic in a chongqing hospital from June 2017 to June 2018
Biometric measurements including axis length(AL)
horizontal corneal diopter(K1)
vertical corneal diopter(K2) and anterior chamber depth(ACD)
and axis length/corneal curvature radius ratio(AL/CR) was calculated. The correlation between age
diopter and refractive parameters was analyzed.Results The incidence of hyperopia was the highest in the 3-6 year old group(73.13%)
the next in the 7-9 year old group(48.89%) and the lowest in the 10-12 year old group(15.00%)
there was a significant difference among different age groups(χ2=278.329
P<0.05). The incidence of myopia was the highest in the 10-12 year old group(69.72%)
the next in the 7-9 year old group(34.44%)
and the lowest in the 3-6 year old group(6.67%)
there was a significant difference among different age groups(χ2=364.991
P<0.05). Spherical equivalent(SE)and K2 gradually decreased with age.K1
AL
ACD and AL/CR increased with age.The boundary value of myopia is AL/CR=3.The differences of SE
K1
AL
ACD and AL/CR among different age groups were statistically significant(P <0.05). The differences of SE
K1
K2
AL
ACD and AL/CR in different diopter groups were statistically significant(P<0.05).K1
K2 and ACD showed moderately negative correlation with SE(r=-0.525
-0.458
-0.604; P<0.05). AL
AL/CR is highly negatively correlated with SE(r=-0.802
-0.847; P<0.05). Conclusion The refractive status of children aged 3-12 years will change with age
and the general development trend is hyperopia-emmetropia-myopia. AL and K are the main factors affecting refractive state.AL/CR>3 can be used as a high risk indicator to measure whether emmetropization into myopia
7-9 years old can be regarded as the main phase from emmetropization to myopization of school-age children.