Accommodative Exercises to Lower Intraocular Pressure
Table 2
Ocular characteristics of study participants.
Young age n = 11
Middle age n = 9
Old age n = 11
Baseline IOP, OD mmHg
16.99 ± 2.91
20.10 ± 3.39
19.21 ± 3.17
0.09
Baseline IOP, OS mmHg
17.32 ± 2.2
19.78 ± 3.10
19.22 ± 3.75
0.18
CCT, mm
0.57 ± 0.03
0.56 ± 0.03
0.54 ± 0.03
0.12
AC depth, mm
3.22 ± 0.33
2.92 ± 0.42
2.67 ± 0.31
<0.01
AC diameter, mm
12.08 ± 0.55
12.05 ± 0.25
11.94 ± 0.33
0.72
AC angle, right, deg
47.60 ± 6.00
38.7 ± 7.08
36.4 ± 7.12
<0.01
AC angle, left, deg
44.79 ± 7.49
36.89 ± 9.33
32.5 ± 7.34
<0.01
Near pupil, OD, mm
6.75 ± 0.79
4.41 ± 0.77
4.45 ± 0.84
<0.0001
Near pupil, OS, mm
5.88 ± 0.92
4.03 ± 0.58
4.34 ± 0.73
<0.0001
Far pupil, OD, mm
6.98 ± 0.68
4.98 ± 0.85
4.86 ± 0.83
<0.0001
Far pupil, OS, mm
6.43 ± 1.05
4.80 ± 0.97
4.71 ± 0.66
<0.01
CCT, central cornea thickness; AC, anterior chamber depth; near pupil, pupil size during accommodation; far pupil, pupil size during nonaccommodation. value was obtained by the one-way ANOVA comparing all three age groups.
