Intraocular pressure associations with refractive error and axial length in children

Abstract

Aim: To assess whether intraocular pressure (IOP) is associated with refractive error or axial length in children. Methods: Of subjects from the Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors for Myopia (SCORM), 636 Chinese children aged 9-11 years from two elementary schools underwent non-contact tonometry, cycloplegic autorefraction, and A-scan biometry during 2001. For analyses, refractive error was categorised into four groups; hypermetropia (spherical equivalent refraction (SE) ≥+1.0D), emmetropia (-0.5D