Age- and Gender-related Characteristics of Astigmatism in a Myopic Population

Overview

Journal Front Med (Lausanne)

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Oct 31

PMID 36313989

Authors

Shan Yang

Yang Jiang

Ge Cui

Ying Li

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Abstract

Purpose: To explore age- and gender-related differences of refractive and corneal astigmatism in myopic patients looking for refractive surgery.

Design: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

Materials And Methods: The medical files of candidates looking for corneal refractive surgery between 2019 and 2021 were reviewed, demographic and refractive parameters including age, gender, refractive status, and corneal parameters were analyzed.

Results: A total of 1,417 eyes of 1,417 patients (453 males and 964 females) were included. Males had thicker cornea than females, while females had steeper cornea than males, there was no gender-related difference in refractive and corneal astigmatism depending on patients' age. There was no difference in refractive astigmatism among different age group from 18 to 50 years, while corneal astigmatism had a shift from with-the rule (WTR) to against-the-rule (ATR) with increasing age. Age, central corneal thickness (CCT), sphere, refractive astigmatism (RA), and corneal curvature (Km) were correlated with corneal astigmatism (CA) (standardized coefficients of are 0.006, = 0.011 for age, -0.001, = 0.004 for CCT, and -0.027, < 0.001 for sphere, 0.61, < 0.001 for RA, -0.05, < 0.001 for corneal curvature).

Conclusion: Refractive astigmatism is stable until the age of 50 years in myopic patients looking for refractive surgery, while corneal astigmatism showed a shift from WTR to ATR with advancing age. Age, CCT, sphere, refractive astigmatism and corneal curvature (Km) were correlated with corneal astigmatism.

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