Clinical Study
Eye (2009) 23, 632–634; doi:10.1038/eye.2008.26; published online 29 February 2008
Anterior chamber depth correlated with anthropomorphic measurements: the Beijing Eye Study
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L Xu1, J J Li1, C R Xia1, Y X Wang1 and J B Jonas1,2
- 1Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- 2Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
Correspondence: L Xu and JB Jonas, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, 17 Hougou Lane, Chong Wen Men, Beijing 100005, China. Tel: +86 8610 5826 842752; Fax: +86 8610 5826 842752; E-mail: xuliang5918@yahoo.com.cn
Received 19 November 2007; Revised 21 January 2008; Accepted 21 January 2008; Published online 29 February 2008.
Abstract
Background
To assess the relationship between peripheral anterior chamber depth and anthropomorphic measurements.
Methods
The Beijing Eye Study 2006 included 3251 (73.2%) subjects who returned for a follow-up examination after a baseline examination including 4335 subjects in 2001. The peripheral anterior chamber depth was estimated by slit lamp-assisted biomicroscopy using van Herick's method. Measurements of the body height and weight and assessment of the anterior chamber as inclusion criterion for this study were available for 3191 (98.2%) subjects.
Results
In a multivariate analysis, a shallow peripheral anterior chamber was significantly associated with higher age (P<0.001), female gender (P<0.001), and shorter height (P<0.001), whereas weight (P=0.97) and body mass index (P=0.82) were not significantly associated.
Conclusions
The peripheral anterior chamber depth was inversely correlated with height, ie, a shallow peripheral anterior chamber may be expected with a higher frequency in short subjects than in tall subjects. Height, in addition to higher age and female gender, may be taken as one of the parameters for screening of subjects being at risk for primary angle-closure glaucoma.
Keywords:
anterior chamber depth, Beijing Eye Study, anthropomorphic measurements
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