Research Article

Age Differences in Axial Length, Corneal Curvature, and Corneal Astigmatism in Marfan Syndrome with Ectopia Lentis

Table 3

Demographic characteristics of the young Marfan syndrome patients with ectopia lentis among different age subgroups.

Age groups (years)Y1 (3–5)Y2 (6–10)Y3 (11–15)Y4 (16–20) value

Eyes (N)26653014
Male/female6/715/198/74/30.890
Right/left13/1332/3315/157/71.000
AL (mm)23.55 ± 2.1125.28 ± 2.4326.31 ± 2.6726.36 ± 2.66<0.001
Km (D)40.59 ± 1.4340.78 ± 1.9940.56 ± 1.4941.63 ± 1.780.269
AST (D)1.55 ± 0.931.73 ± 1.031.78 ± 0.881.68 ± 0.960.838

AL: axial length; Km: mean keratometry; D: diopters; AST: corneal astigmatism; P values represent general differences among subgroups.