Research Article
Association of Birth Parameters with Refractive Status in a Sample of Caucasian Children Aged 4–17 Years
Table 2
Number of eyes in AGA, SGA, and LGA groups and in children under and over 2500 grams, according to refractive states in each age group.
| Age groups (year) | Refractive status | Total | AGA | SGA | LGA | ≤2500 gr | >2500 gr | | % in row | % in column | | % in row | % in column | | % in row | % in column | | % in row | % in column | | % in row | % in column |
| ≤7 | Myopia | 18 | 12 | 66 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 12 | 67p | 13 | Emmetropia | 134 | 78 | 58 | 66 | 41 | 31 | 60 | 15 | 11 | 58 | 86 | 64 | 72p | 48 | 36 | 52 | Hypermetropia | 60 | 28 | 46 | 24 | 23 | 38 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 28 | 47 | 23 | 32 | 53 | 35 | Total | 212 | 118 | N/A | 100 | 68 | N/A | 100 | 26 | N/A | 100 | 120 | N/A | 100 | 92 | NA | 100 |
| 8-9 | Myopia | 15 | 13 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 3 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 80 | 19 | Emmetropia | 79 | 48 | 61 | 67 | 31 | 39 | 91p | 0 | N/A | N/A | 38 | 48 | 86p | 41 | 52 | 66 | Hypermetropia | 12 | 11 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 3 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 75 | 15 | Total | 106 | 72 | N/A | 100 | 34 | N/A | 100 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 44 | N/A | 100 | 62 | N/A | 100 |
| 10–12 | Myopia | 39 | 15 | 38 | 21 | 21 | 54 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 17 | 44 | 27 | 22 | 56 | 24 | Emmetropia | 93 | 46 | 44 | 64 | 38 | 42 | 54 | 9 | 14 | 75 | 34 | 37 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 64 | Hypermetropia | 22 | 11 | 50 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50 | 18 | 11 | 50 | 12 | Total | 154 | 72 | N/A | 100 | 70 | N/A | 100 | 12 | N/A | 100 | 62 | N/A | 100 | 92 | N/A | 100 |
| ≥13 | Myopia | 19 | 14 | 74 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 79 | 23 | Emmetropia | 66 | 43 | 65 | 74 | 21 | 32 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 17 | 26 | 65 | 49 | 74 | 74 | Hypermetropia | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 86* | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71p | 20 | 2 | 29 | 3 | Total | 92 | 58 | N/A | 100 | 30 | N/A | 100 | 4 | N/A | 100 | 26 | N/A | 100 | 66 | N/A | 100 |
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*Fisher’s exact test. pPearson chi-square test.
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