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

Table 3

Comparison of axial length and K value between the affected eye and the contralateral eye in children with unilateral congenital cataract.

Age (years)	AXL (mm)			K value (D)
	Affected eye	Fellow eye		Affected eye	Fellow eye
0-1	21.03 ± 1.33	20.59 ± 1.21	0.243	—	—	—
1-2	21.43 ± 1.20	20.98 ± 0.74	0.012	—	—	—
2–6	22.11 ± 1.72	21.84 ± 0.89	0.048	43.69 ± 1.83	43.58 ± 1.52	0.547
6–12	23.48 ± 1.99	22.94 ± 1.40	0.018	43.60 ± 1.57	43.61 ± 1.52	0.940
12–18	24.53 ± 1.93	23.31 ± 1.97	0.123	43.18 ± 0.43	43.22 ± 0.48	0.843
All children	22.34 ± 1.89	21.94 ± 1.27	<0.001	43.61 ± 1.65	43.56 ± 1.46	0.621

Significantly different between the affected eye and fellow eye using paired t-tests. Results are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. AXL = axial length.