Research Article

HGF-rs12536657 and Ocular Biometric Parameters in Hyperopic Children, Emmetropic Adolescents, and Young Adults: A Multicenter Quantitative Trait Study

Table 1

Baseline refractive and biometric measurements for cases (hyperopic children) and controls (emmetropic children and emmetropic adults).

Hyperopic children ()Emmetropic children ()Emmetropic adults ()

Age (years)8.23 (2.62)16.48 (1.18)22.26 (2.55)
Gender (female)81 (43.1%)25 (48.1%)103 (63.2%)
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)
RELERELERELE
SE+5.71 (1.47)+5.87 (1.46)+0.07 (0.45)+0.07 (0.46)+0.05 (0.45)+0.05 (0.44)
Sphere+6.20 (1.57)+6.39 (1.53)+0.14 (0.45)+0.14 (0.45)+0.16 (0.47)+0.19 (0.45)
Cylinder−0.98 (0.88)−1.05 (0.87)−0.14 (0.24)−0.15 (0.26)−0.22 (0.25)−0.28 (0.25)
Kflat TOP41.99 (1.40)42.03 (1.39)42.54 (1.46)42.62 (1.42)43.30 (1.37)43.43 (1.30)
Ksteep TOP43.54 (1.41)43.61 (1.39)43.12 (1.47)43.35 (1.46)43.93 (1.38)44.13 (1.32)
Kmean TOP42.76 (1.33)42.82 (1.32)42.83 (1.45)42.87 (1.46)43.61 (1.36)43.69 (1.33)
ACD TOP2.88 (0.28)2.89 (0.28)3.28 (0.31)3.26 (0.30)3.19 (0.25)3.19 (0.25)
WW TOP11.99 (0.39)11.97 (0.38)12.12 (0.37)12.13 (0.36)12.10 (0.37)12.08 (0.38)
CCT TOP564.39 (30.68)564.81 (31.26)542.48 (34.64)543.02 (34.82)542.01 (37.67)543.48 (36.42)
AAA TOP40.51 (6.92)40.49 (8.00)45.87 (6.82)44.60 (8.31)44.16 (6.16)43.50 (6.61)
AL BIOM21.20 (0.83)21.11 (0.84)23.59 (0.73)23.55 (0.72)23.40 (0.71)23.35 (0.72)
Kflat BIOM42.06 (1.39)42.08 (1.41)42.61 (1.45)42.56 (1.45)43.35(1.37)43.36 (1.35)
Ksteep BIOM43.69 (1.44)43.79 (1.42)43.27 (1.44)43.19 (1.48)44.03(1.35)44.01 (1.35)
Kmean BIOM42.88 (1.33)42.94 (1.34)42.94 (1.44)42.99 (1.43)43.69(1.34)43.78 (1.30)
ACD BIOM3.28 (0.26)3.28 (0.27)3.61 (0.32)3.62 (0.30)3.62(0.25)3.63 (0.24)
WW BIOM12.19 (0.38)12.16 (0.41)12.20 (0.31)12.23 (0.28)12.08(0.56)12.15 (0.41)

LE: left eye; RE: right eye; BIOM: IOL master measurements; TOP: topography measurements; SE: spherical equivalent (diopters); Kflat: anterior flat keratometry (diopters); Ksteep: anterior steep keratometry (diopters); Kmean: anterior mean keratometry (diopters); AL: axial length (mm); ACD: anterior chamber depth (mm); WW: white-to-white diameter (mm); CCT: central corneal thickness (microns); ACA: anterior chamber angle (degrees).