December 2002
Volume 43, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   December 2002
Ocular Biometry in a Latino Population: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • CL Shufelt
    Doheny Eye Institute USC Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles CA
  • R VarmaLALES Group
    Doheny Eye Institute USC Keck School of Medicine Los Angeles CA
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships   C.L. Shufelt, None; R. Varma, None. Grant Identification: NEI Grant U10 EY11753
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science December 2002, Vol.43, 1498. doi:
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      CL Shufelt, R VarmaLALES Group; Ocular Biometry in a Latino Population: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES) . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2002;43(13):1498.

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Abstract: : Purpose: To describe age and gender related differences in ocular biometry in an adult Latino population. Methods: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study is a population-based study of Latinos aged 40 years and older. All participants received a complete eye examination, which included measurement of axial length (AL), anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), and vitreous chamber depth (VCD) using an ultrasonic A-scan. Noncycloplegic refractive error (SE) was measured with an autorefractor and refined further with subjective refraction. Age and gender related differences were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Results: 2798 participants were included in this analysis. The mean (± SD) AL, ACD, LT, VCD, and SE were 23.35 ± 1.05mm, 3.43 ± 0.35mm, 4.40 ± 0.66mm, 15.47 ± 1.41mm, and 0.17 ± 2.02 diopters respectively. After controlling for age, women had significantly smaller AL, ACD and VCD compared to men (p<0.001). Older individuals had shallower ACD, greater LT and were more hyperopic compared to younger individuals. Conclusion: Ocular dimensions vary with age and gender in this population-based sample of adult Latinos. The age-related differences in ocular dimensions may explain the hyperopic shift seen in older Latinos.

Keywords: 352 clinical (human) or epidemiologic studies: natural history • 481 myopia • 432 imaging methods (CT, FA, ICG, MRI, OCT, RTA, SLO, ultrasound) 
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