The Chinese lifestyle has undergone dramatic changes over the past century. In recent years, limited studies reported the changing trend in crucial eye parameters of people born in different decades. This multicenter study analyzed the axial length and average corneal curvature data from patients of four hospital. The trends in the axial length and corneal curvature will be observed.
The Chinese lifestyle has undergone dramatic changes over the past century. In recent years, limited studies reported the changing trend in crucial eye parameters of people born in different decades. This multicenter study analyzed the axial length and average corneal curvature data between 2012 and 2023. There were four clinical centers involved in this study. The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Yichang center hospital, Jingzhou center hospital , Yichang center hospital and Xiaogan center hospital, and conformed to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. We divided the participants into ten groups of 10 years each based on their year of birth (called birth decade) and observed the trends in the axial length and corneal curvature in different groups.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
60,000
we divided the patients according to patients' birth year
Eye Axial Length
The Axial length of all patients were measured using the IOL Master 5.5 (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) biometry system for routine examination of cataracts or refractive examination (ametropia and presbyopia).AL was measured as the distance from the tear film to the retinal pigment epithelium. The mean of 5 measurements wasas taken for final analyses.
Time frame: 2023/10
Corneal Curvature
The corneal curvature of all patients were measured using the IOL Master 5.5 (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) biometry system for routine examination of cataracts or refractive examination (ametropia and presbyopia). Corneal curvature was measured in two meridians: flat keratometry (K1) and steep K (K2). The K value was the mean of K1 and K2. Corneal curvature was measured at least three times. In case of variations in values, measurements were repeated until reproducible results were obtained.
Time frame: 2023/10
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