The Anterior Chamber Depth and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Children

Table 3

Differences in age, spherical equivalent, axial length, and anterior chamber depth in myopic, emmetropic, and hyperopic children.

	Myopic group; ( = 67)	Emmetropic group; ( = 60)	Hyperopic group; ( = 73)	Statistical significance
Age (years)	9.6 ± 3.9^a	6.8 ± 2.8^b	6.5 ± 1.9^c	< 0.0001^* for a versus b/c; > 0.5 for b versus c
Sex (M : F)	36 : 31	37 : 23	30 : 43	N/A
Spherical equivalent (D)	−3.8 ± 2.2	+0.05 ± 0.5	+3.0 ± 1.6	< 0.0001^* between all groups
ACD (mm)	3.5 ± 0.4^a	3.4 ± 0.3^b	3.3 ± 0.2^c	< 0.0001^* for a versus b/c; > 0.5 for b versus c
ACD (mm) after age adjustment	3.5 ± 0.4^a; ( = 35)	3.3 ± 0.3^b; ( = 35)	3.3 ± 0.2^c; ( = 35)	< 0.0001^* for a versus b/c; > 0.5 for b versus c
Correlation between ACD and global RNFL after age adjustment	Pearson = 0.03; ( = 0.8)	Pearson = −0.4; ( = 0.01)^*	Pearson = −0.05; ( = 0.8)	N/A

Statistically significant.
The superscripts “a, b, and c” are used to demonstrate the statistical significance between the groups.