May 2006
Volume 47, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2006
Influence Of High Myopia On Central Corneal Thickness
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • G. Manni
    Biopatologia e Diagnostica per Immagini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  • F. Oddone
    Fondazione GB Bietti per lo studio e la ricerca in oftalmologia–IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • M. Centofanti
    Biopatologia e Diagnostica per Immagini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
  • M. Sampalmieri
    Fondazione GB Bietti per lo studio e la ricerca in oftalmologia–IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • G. Cupo
    Fondazione GB Bietti per lo studio e la ricerca in oftalmologia–IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • D. Gazzaniga
    Fondazione GB Bietti per lo studio e la ricerca in oftalmologia–IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • M. Parravano
    Fondazione GB Bietti per lo studio e la ricerca in oftalmologia–IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  • L. Tanga
    Biopatologia e Diagnostica per Immagini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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    Commercial Relationships  G. Manni, None; F. Oddone, None; M. Centofanti, None; M. Sampalmieri, None; G. Cupo, None; D. Gazzaniga, None; M. Parravano, None; L. Tanga, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2006, Vol.47, 4453. doi:
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      G. Manni, F. Oddone, M. Centofanti, M. Sampalmieri, G. Cupo, D. Gazzaniga, M. Parravano, L. Tanga; Influence Of High Myopia On Central Corneal Thickness . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006;47(13):4453.

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Abstract

Purpose: : to evaluate the relation between CCT and biometric, tonometric and demographic charactersistics in highly myopic eyes.

Methods: : inclusion criteria were: age greater than 18 years, fully ability to understand and sign an informed consent, refractive error ranging from +1.50 to –35 diopters. Exclusion criteria were: previous ocular surgery, systemic pathologies possibly affecting CCT, any ocular diseases different from myopia. Patients performed a complete ophthalmological examination including axial lenght (AL) measurement, cheratometry, ultrasound pachymetry and Goldmann applanation tonometry. The relation between CCT and demographic, biometric, and tonometric data was explored by linear regression analysis.

Results: : Fiftyeight subjects with refractive error ranging from +1.50 to –33 diopters were enrolled in this study (mean age 65.74 ± 13.64 years). CCT seemed not to be related to any of the variables considered in this study (AL: r2 0.009, p=0.49, spherical equivalent: r2 0.035, p=0.16, age: r2 0.002, p=0.72, mean corneal curvature: r2 0.061, p=0.06. A statistically significant relation between AL and intraocular pressure has been found (r2=0.19 p=0.001).

Conclusions: : CCT has been found not to be related to either demographic or biometric characterstic in highly myopic subjects. Intraocular pressure has been found to be weakly lineary related to axial length.

Keywords: myopia • intraocular pressure 
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