Gerena Arévalo Vanessa Antonia, Ruiz-Moreno Jose Maria
Department of Ophthalmology, Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda University Hospital, 28222 Madrid, Spain.
Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital, 28050 Madrid, Spain.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2022 Sep 27;12(10):2330. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12102330.
Aims: To evaluate the choroidal thickness (CT) in hyperopic and emmetropic children using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT). Methods: This was a prospective, cross-sectional comparative study. Macular choroidal thickness and axial length of 62 eyes from hyperopic pediatric patients were studied. CT was determined at nine different macular locations. The results were compared to 66 eyes of healthy pediatric patients. Results: Study groups were classified as a hyperopic group (SE ≥ 2D) and an emmetropic group (SE < 2D). The hyperopic group have shorter AL than the emmetropic group (p < 0.001). The mean CT is greater in the hyperopic group (p = 0.039), and there are no significant differences between CT and gender (p = 0.389). Study participants were also classified by age (2−5 years old and 6−18 years old), and we observe differences in CT, but these differences are only significant for the 6−18 years old group (p < 0.05). Conclusions: CT in hyperopic pediatric populations is statistically thicker than in healthy pediatric patients. AL and SE have statistically significant correlations with CT values, and those correlations are seen in children in the ocular slow-growing phase (6−18 years old), and not in the early years (2−5 years old).
使用扫频光学相干断层扫描（SS-OCT）评估远视和正视儿童的脉络膜厚度（CT）。方法：这是一项前瞻性横断面比较研究。研究了62只远视儿童患者眼睛的黄斑脉络膜厚度和眼轴长度。在九个不同的黄斑位置测定CT。将结果与66只健康儿童患者的眼睛进行比较。结果：研究组分为远视组（SE≥2D）和正视组（SE<2D）。远视组的眼轴长度比正视组短（p<0.001）。远视组的平均CT更大（p = 0.039），CT与性别之间无显著差异（p = 0.389）。研究参与者也按年龄分类（2至5岁和6至18岁），我们观察到CT存在差异，但这些差异仅在6至18岁组有统计学意义（p<0.05）。结论：远视儿童人群的CT在统计学上比健康儿童患者厚。眼轴长度和球镜度数与CT值有统计学上的显著相关性，且这些相关性在眼轴生长缓慢阶段的儿童（6至18岁）中可见，而在早年（2至5岁）则不然。
