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Br J Ophthalmol 88:5-7 doi:10.1136/bjo.88.1.5
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Intraocular pressure associations with refractive error and axial length in children

Table 1

Associations between intraocular pressure (right eye data) and age, sex, and right eye refractive error (n = 636)

No Right eye IOP (mm Hg) p Value
Mean (SD) Median (range)
*SE  =  spherical equivalent refraction.
Total 636 16.6 (2.7) 17.0 (8.0–26.0)
Age (years)
    9 347 16.6 (2.7) 17.0 (8.0–26.0) 0.71
    10 212 16.5 (2.7) 17.0 (10.0–25.0)
    11 77 16.4 (2.8) 17.0 (10.0–24.7)
Sex
    Male 322 16.5 (2.7) 16.5 (9.0–25.0) 0.32
    Female 314 16.7 (2.7) 17.0 (8.0–26.0)
Refractive error group (right eye)
    Hyperopia (SE* ⩾1.0D) 84 16.7 (2.5) 17.0 (9.0–21.0) 0.57
    Emmetropia (−0.5D <SE* <+1.0D) 163 16.7 (2.9) 17.0 (10.0–26.0)
    Low myopia(−3.0D <SE* ⩽−0.5D) 233 16.4 (2.8) 17.0 (8.0–25.0)
    High myopia (SE* ⩽−3.0D) 156 16.7 (2.5) 17.0 (11.0–24.0)

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