Research Article

Relationship among Corneal Biomechanics, Anterior Segment Parameters, and Geometric Corneal Parameters

Table 6

Multivariate regression analysis of CH, CRF and age, IOP, anterior segment parameters, and keratometric values of anterior and posterior corneal surfaces.

CHCRF
Age-gender modelCorneal keratometric
value model
Multivariate modelAge-gender modelCorneal keratometric
value model
Multivariate model
Standardized (ß)/
unstandardized (B)
Coefficient (SE)
valueStandardized (ß)/
unstandardized (B)
Coefficient (SE)
valueStandardized (ß)/
unstandardized (B)
Coefficient (SE)
value/95% CIStandardized (ß)/
unstandardized (B)
Coefficient (SE)
valueStandardized (ß)/
unstandardized (B)
value 
Coefficient (SE)
valueStandardized (ß)/
unstandardized (B)
Coefficient (SE)
value

Adjusted 0.4550.4320.4160.5450.5440.537
Gender0.086/0.297 (0.304)0.357/−0.343–0.9450.114/0.375 (0.316)0.235/−0.256–1.1150.020/0.065 (0.279)0.836/−0.481–0.6210.033/0.129 (0.282)0.649/−0.426–0.678
Age−0.275/−0.034 (0.013)0.016/−0.044–−0.005−0.217/−0.017 (0.008)0.036/−0.038–−0.002−0.124/−0.011 (0.009)0.256/−0.031–0.007−0.058/−0.005 (0.008)0.546/−0.027–0.019
IOP−0.174/−0.094 (0.049)0.048/−0.202–−0.001−0.142/−0.079 (0.048)0.135/−0.168–0.027−0.172/−0.08 (0.047)0.061/−0.19–0.0050.323/0.173 (0.04)<0.001/0.093–0.2620.346/0.181 (0.045)<0.001/0.11–0.270.356/0.190 (0.041)<0.001/0.125–0.277
ACD0.324/1.067 (0.563)0.055/−0.045–2.1350.366/1.267 (0.577)0.043/0.025–2.3340.416/1.338 (0.551)0.02/0.248–2.4680.350/1.102 (0.492)0.028/0.109–2.0820.375/1.139 (0.49)0.017/0.172–2.2210.421/1.322 (0.465)0.006/0.381–2.274
ACV−0.129/−0.005 (0.006)0.393/−0.017–0.007−0.146/−0.006 (0.005)0.464/−0.025–0.012−0.353/−0.015 (0.007)0.063/−0.03–0.002−0.171/−0.006 (0.006)0.413/−0.020–0.007−0.119/−0.005 (0.006)0.521/−0.019–0.009−0.267/−0.01 (0.005)0.126/−0.024–0.003
CV0.035/0.017 (0.111)0.915/−0.211–0.2420.372/0.145 (0.1)0.159/−0.067–0.3560.437/0.166 (0.066)0.009/0.042–0.332−0.259/−0.099 (0.096)0.298/−0.297–0.091−0.116/−0.047 (0.09)0.645/−0.226–0.1280.124/0.046 (0.06)0.474/−0.077–0.167
CCT0.477/0.025 (0.009)0.043/0.011–0.0570.264/0.012 (0.11)0.257/−0.013–0.0340.216/0.010 (0.008)0.278/−0.012–0.0380.741/0.036 (0.01)0.001/0.016–0.0550.668/0.035 (0.008)0.002/0.017–0.0580.481/0.022 (0.006)0.003/0.009–0.042
SE−0.014/−0.008 (0.072)0.912/−0.157–0.1420.019/0.015 (0.078)0.903/−0.145–0.172−0.062/−0.038 (0.072)0.596/−0.192–0.160.112/0.083 (0.062)0.235/−0.051–0.2060.119/0.092 (0.065)0.183/−0.056–0.2350.071/0.005 (0.061)0.431/−0.077–0.177
AFKV0.064/0.081 (0.170)0.634/−0.256–0.417−0.074/−0.078 (0.215)0.743/−0.487–0.3270.082/0.101 (0.19)0.624/−0.278–0.4770.032/0.035 (0.18)0.867/−0.332–0.410
ASKV −0.049/−0.058 (0.190)0.759/−0.435–0.3180.174/0.245 (0.230)0.395/−0.265–0.675−0.052/−0.059 (0.212)0.814/−0.472–0.3500.023/0.021 (0.195)0.894/−0.374–0.399
PFKV0.055/0.086 (0.096)0.374/−0.105–0.2760.132/0.194 (0.121)0.137/−0.057–0.5100.076/0.103 (0.101)0.336/−0.106–0.3080.085/0.113 (0.100)0.267/−0.084–0.312
PSKV−0.319/−1.971 (0.947)0.126/−3.849–−0.093−0.093/−0.539 (1.177)0.648/−2.906–1.792−0.245/−1.426 (1.071)0.205/−3.539–0.715−0.178/−1.001 (1.005)0.323/−3.001–0.996

CH: corneal hysteresis; CRF: corneal resistance factor; CCT: central corneal thickness; CV: corneal volume; ACD: anterior chamber depth; ACV: anterior chamber volume; SE: spherical equivalent; IOP: intraocular pressure.