Research Article

Fundus Examination of 23,861 Newborns by Digital Imaging in Ningbo

Table 2

Ocular abnormalities of newborns in Ningbo.

Ocular abnormalitiesFull term (n = 20938)Premature (n = 2923)χ2

Anterior segment
Congenital anomalies of the cornea22 (0.001)2 (0.001)0.3430.558
Congenital cataract19 (0.001)3 (0.001)0.0390.843
Congenital glaucoma13 (0.001)3 (0.001)0.6290.428

Posterior segment
Retinal hemorrhage3827 (0.183)186 (0.064)191.796<0.001
ROP and ROP-like retinopathy98 (0.005)617 (0.211)3759.30<0.001
Retinal exudate1590 (0.076)35 (0.012)546.008<0.001
FVER127 (0.006)0 (0.000)17.824<0.001
PFV11 (0.001)1 (0.000)0.1710.679
Coloboma of the choroid37 (0.002)5 (0.002)0.0050.946
Albinotic fundus32 (0.002)9 (0.003)3.5940.058
Morning glory syndrome5 (0.000)1 (0.000)0.1090.741
Retinoblastoma2 (0.000)0 (0.000)0.2790.597
Total5783 (0.276)862 (0.295)4.4670.035

ROP: retinopathy of prematurity; FVER: familiar exudative vitreoretinopathy; PFV: persistent fetal vasculature.