Research Article

The Ocular Biometry of Adult Cataract Patients on Lifeline Express Hospital Eye-Train in Rural China

Table 3

Biological parameters of the three groups.

ZhoukouYunchengSanmenxiaTotal

Preoperative visual acuityLogMAR1.20 ± 0.380.95 ± 0.370.63 ± 0.430.87 ± 0.460.000
Less than 6/60
(%)
763
(76.99%)
653
(48.73%)
636
(42.48%)
2052
(53.61%)
0.000
Equal to or better than 6/60 and less than 6/18
(%)
218
(22.00%)
565
(42.16%)
710
(47.43%)
1493
(39.00%)
0.000
Equal to or better than 6/18
(%)
10
(1.01%)
122
(9.10%)
151
(10.09%)
283
(7.39%)
0.000

Preoperative IOP (mmHg)14.53 ± 3.4413.98 ± 2.9214.78 ± 3.1114.44 ± 3.150.000

Corneal curvature (D)43.40 ± 1.6543.89 ± 1.6843.82 ± 1.5643.74 ± 1.640.000
44.59 ± 1.7944.88 ± 1.7044.75 ± 1.5744.75 ± 1.680.000
||1.20 ± 1.030.98 ± 0.810.93 ± 0.761.02 ± 0.860.000
Average corneal power ()44.00 ± 1.6444.38 ± 1.6444.29 ± 1.5244.24 ± 1.600.000

Axial length (AL) (mm)22.95 ± 1.0523.17 ± 0.9523.12 ± 0.9223.04 ± 1.490.000

AL/CR2.99 ± 0.143.04 ± 0.123.03 ± 0.113.03 ± 0.120.000

CEC (/mm2)2505.63 ± 431.982445.24 ± 419.232462.36 ± 423.650.003

values were calculated with ANOVA or chi-square test.
LEHET was equipped with Specular Microscope, SP-3000P, in the first half of year 2012; the patients of Zhoukou and part of Yuncheng had no CEC measurement.