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 statusTotal AGASGALGA≤2500 gr >2500 gr
% in row% in column% in row% in column% in row% in column% in row% in column% in row% in column

≤7Myopia181266104226212763351267p13
Emmetropia134785866413160151158866472p483652
Hypermetropia6028462423383491635284723325335
Total212118N/A10068N/A10026N/A100120N/A10092NA100

8-9Myopia1513871821360N/AN/A3207128019
Emmetropia79486167313991p0N/AN/A384886p415266
Hypermetropia121192151830N/AN/A325797515
Total10672N/A10034N/A1000N/AN/A44N/A10062N/A100

10–12Myopia391538212154303825174427225624
Emmetropia9346446438425491475343755596364
Hypermetropia22115015115016000115018115012
Total15472N/A10070N/A10012N/A10062N/A10092N/A100

≥13Myopia19147424316102105042115157923
Emmetropia664365742132702350172665497474
Hypermetropia71142686*20000571p202293
Total9258N/A10030N/A1004N/A10026N/A10066N/A100

*Fisher’s exact test.
pPearson chi-square test.