Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population

Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population

Mohamed Kotb, Sherif A Eissa Ophthalmology Department, Kasr Alainy, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence: Mohamed Kotb 3 Montaser Housing, Elharam, Giza, EgyptTel +201226356283Email d_msabry@yahoo.comPurpose: To find out the correlation between myopic refractive error, c...

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Autores principales: Kotb M, Eissa SA
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Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2021
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myopia
cornea
central corneal thickness
corneal power
egyptian
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c877a8f0b76e4698b77ef0a71ae3f24c2021-12-02T18:07:05ZCorrelation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/c877a8f0b76e4698b77ef0a71ae3f24c2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/correlation-between-myopic-refractive-error-corneal-power-and-central--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-OPTHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Mohamed Kotb, Sherif A Eissa Ophthalmology Department, Kasr Alainy, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence: Mohamed Kotb 3 Montaser Housing, Elharam, Giza, EgyptTel +201226356283Email d_msabry@yahoo.comPurpose: To find out the correlation between myopic refractive error, corneal power and central corneal thickness (CCT) in the adult Egyptian population.Methods: A retrospective observational cross-sectional study in which we analyzed the preoperative data of 1401 Egyptian myopic patients (1401 eyes) who underwent keratorefractive procedures between 2016 and 2019 in a private eye surgery center.Results: Mean age of patients was 28.1± 5.79 years (range 18– 40). Mean CCT in the Egyptian population sample in our study was 539.23± 32.24. Only the corneal power parameters (flat K, steep K and average K) showed a statistically significant difference (p-value < 0.001) between males and females. A statistically significant and weak positive correlation of average K with the absolute value of refractive astigmatism (r = 0.063, p-value = 0.018), and between myopic error with average K (r = 0.136, p-value < 0.001) was found.Conclusion: Among the myopic adult Egyptian population, the greater the myopic error measured, the steeper the cornea, with a weak positive correlation between refractive error and corneal power.Keywords: myopia, cornea, central corneal thickness, corneal power, EgyptianKotb MEissa SADove Medical Pressarticlemyopiacorneacentral corneal thicknesscorneal poweregyptianOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol Volume 15, Pp 1557-1566 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic myopia
cornea
central corneal thickness
corneal power
egyptian
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
spellingShingle myopia
cornea
central corneal thickness
corneal power
egyptian
Ophthalmology
RE1-994
Kotb M
Eissa SA
Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population
description Mohamed Kotb, Sherif A Eissa Ophthalmology Department, Kasr Alainy, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence: Mohamed Kotb 3 Montaser Housing, Elharam, Giza, EgyptTel +201226356283Email d_msabry@yahoo.comPurpose: To find out the correlation between myopic refractive error, corneal power and central corneal thickness (CCT) in the adult Egyptian population.Methods: A retrospective observational cross-sectional study in which we analyzed the preoperative data of 1401 Egyptian myopic patients (1401 eyes) who underwent keratorefractive procedures between 2016 and 2019 in a private eye surgery center.Results: Mean age of patients was 28.1± 5.79 years (range 18– 40). Mean CCT in the Egyptian population sample in our study was 539.23± 32.24. Only the corneal power parameters (flat K, steep K and average K) showed a statistically significant difference (p-value < 0.001) between males and females. A statistically significant and weak positive correlation of average K with the absolute value of refractive astigmatism (r = 0.063, p-value = 0.018), and between myopic error with average K (r = 0.136, p-value < 0.001) was found.Conclusion: Among the myopic adult Egyptian population, the greater the myopic error measured, the steeper the cornea, with a weak positive correlation between refractive error and corneal power.Keywords: myopia, cornea, central corneal thickness, corneal power, Egyptian
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title Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population
title_short Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population
title_full Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population
title_fullStr Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population
title_full_unstemmed Correlation Between Myopic Refractive Error, Corneal Power and Central Corneal Thickness in the Egyptian Population
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