Analysis of Factors Associated with the Ocular Features of Congenital Cataract Children in the Shanghai Pediatric Cataract Study

Table 2

Comparison of axial length and K value between children with unilateral or bilateral congenital cataract after adjusting for age and gender.

Age (years)	AXL (mm)			K value (D)
	Unilateral	Bilateral		Unilateral	Bilateral
0-1	21.03 ± 1.33	19.54 ± 1.37	0.093	—	—	—
1-2	21.43 ± 1.20	20.86 ± 1.45	0.046	—	—	—
2–6	22.11 ± 1.72	21.90 ± 1.62	0.494	43.66 ± 1.82	43.51 ± 1.69	0.763
6–12	23.48 ± 1.99	22.45 ± 1.82	0.020	43.60 ± 1.57	43.95 ± 2.45	0.385
12–18	24.53 ± 1.93	24.79 ± 3.07	0.722	43.18 ± 0.43	43.21 ± 2.08	0.896
All children	22.34 ± 1.89	21.79 ± 2.01	0.004	43.60 ± 1.65	43.62 ± 2.01	0.650

Significantly different between children with unilateral and bilateral cataract after adjusting for age and gender using analysis of covariance. Results are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. AXL = axial length.