OBJECTIVES To provide a description of refractive errors in healthy, term-born children, aged 1 through 48 months, and to test the hypotheses that spherical equivalent becomes significantly less hyperopic and less variable with increasing age. METHODS Following a prospective, cross-sectional design, cycloplegic retinoscopy was used to measure the refractive error in both eyes of 514 healthy, ...

spherical equivalent (se) has not been linked to increased cardiovascular morbidity. methods: 132 hungarian twins (age 43.3±16.9 years) underwent refraction measurements (huvitz mrk-3100 premium autorefractokeratometer) and oscillometry (tensiomed arteriograph). results: heritability analysis indicated major role for genetic components in the presence of right and left se (82.7%, 95%ci, 62.9 to...

PURPOSE To investigate the correlation of anterior chamber depth (ACD) with the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness, age, axial length (AL), and spherical equivalent in children. SUBJECTS Consecutive subjects aged 4 to 18 were recruited. Visually disabling eye conditions were excluded. Only the right eye was included for analysis. The ACD was correlated with RNFL thicknes...

PURPOSE To assess possible refractive changes according to age and strabismus in a statistically significant cohort. METHODS A population-based sample of 12,534 subjects 0.5 to 20 years old, examined between 2004 and 2006, was tested. Each subject received a complete orthoptic examination, including spherocylindrical streak retinoscopy in cycloplegia. Patients were divided into those with ort...

The aim of the study is to compare outcome measures of refractive error obtained using the Plusoptix S09 photorefractor and an autorefractometer of noncycloplegics and cycloplegics in children.We reviewed the medical records of 40 patients (77 eyes) who were classified using 2 methods. The patients were first assigned to 2 groups consisting of 11 eyes with ≥+3.0 D and 66 eyes with <+3.0 D, and ...

PURPOSE To evaluate excimer laser in situ keratomileusis in the treatment of low, high, and excessively myopic eyes in Taiwan, 77 patients (104 eyes) were treated with Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser and divided into four groups. METHODS In situ keratomileusis was performed with a Chiron or SCMD microkeratome. The Nidek EC-5000 excimer laser was used, with multiple passes and a multiple zone abla...