A Meta-Analysis of Choroidal Thickness Changes in Unilateral Amblyopia

Table 1

Characteristics of the 11 studies included in the analysis.

Study	Location	Amblyopia	Sample size		Age (years)		Type of OCT	AHRQ score
			Case	Control	Case	Control
Guo et al. [2]	China	A	13	—	9.6 ± 2.45	—	Spectralis OCT	8
		S	9
Celik et al. [3]	Turkey	A	43	—	24.8 ± 7.4	—	Cirrus HD-OCT	8
Aygit et al. [4]	Turkey	A	40	40	7.9 ± 2.6	8.4 ± 2.6	Spectralis OCT	9
		S	40		9.0 ± 3.7
Tenlik et al. [5]	Turkey	A	53	53	17.8 ± 11.0	17.7 ± 11.0	Cirrus HD-OCT	9
Kantarci et al. [6]	Turkey	A	54	52	39.5 ± 10.4	38.5 ± 10.2	RS-3000 OCT	7
Xu et al. [7]	China	A	21	22	7.86 ± 1.85	7.82 ± 1.10	Spectralis OCT	8
		S	16		9.13 ± 2.00
Mori et al. [8]	Japan	A	24	12	4.5 ± 1.4	Matched	Spectralis OCT	9
Nishi et al. [9]	Japan	A	25	20	6.7 ± 1.9	6.6 ± 2.2	Spectralis OCT	9
Öner et al. [10]	Turkey	A	33	42	10.7 ± 3.3	11.2 ± 3.3	Cirrus HD-OCT	8
Karaca et al. [11]	Turkey	A	40	40	8.82 ± 3.6	9.45 ± 2.25	Spectralis OCT	8
Kara et al. [12]	Turkey	A	17	38	10.00 ± 2.87	11.84 ± 3.17	Spectralis OCT	8

S: strabismic amblyopia; A: anisometropic amblyopia; AL: axial length; AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.