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Oculometric features of hyperopia in children with accommodative refractive esotropia
Article first published online: 29 MAY 2003
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00062.x
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Uretmen, O., Pamukçu, K., Kose, S. and Egrilmez, S. (2003), Oculometric features of hyperopia in children with accommodative refractive esotropia. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 81: 260–263. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.2003.00062.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 29 MAY 2003
- Article first published online: 29 MAY 2003
- Received on June 14th, 2002. Accepted on January 20th, 2003.
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Keywords:
- accommodative esotropia;
- axial length;
- corneal radius;
- emmetropization;
- hyperopia
Abstract.
Purpose: To determine the nature of hyperopia in children with accommodative refractive esotropia (ARE) by evaluating the relationships between corneal radius (CR), axial length (AL), age and equivalent spherical refraction (SEQ).
Methods: A total of 112 children with ARE were included in the study. The children underwent an overall ophthalmic examination including cycloplegic refraction, keratometry and ultrasonic AL measurement.
Results: Statistical analysis revealed a strong relationship between AL and SEQ (p < 0.001). A significant correlation was also found between AL and CR (p < 0.001). The relationship between AL and age was weak but statistically significant (p = 0.02). Multiple regression analysis, using SEQ as the dependent variable and CR, AL and age as independent variables, revealed that AL accounts for 43.5% of the variance, and the combination of CR and AL accounts for 60.9% of the variance.
Conclusion: Hyperopia is predominantly axial in nature in children with ARE. However, other refractive components are also involved in producing hyperopic refractive errors.