ReviewIranian journal of public health2017
A Comprehensive Meta-analysis on Intra Ocular Pressure and Central Corneal Thickness in Healthy Children.
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- Normal intraocular pressure in Egyptian children and meta-analysis.Eye (London, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Intraocular pressure and central corneal thickness among preterm babies in Ibadan, Nigeria.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Intraocular Pressure Trends in Children with Myopia Receiving Atropine Therapy.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Glaucoma Treatment in a Korean Nationwide Survey.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Article
- Observation seasonal variation of intraocular pressure in young healthy volunteers.International journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Distribution and analysis of intraocular pressure and its possible association with glaucoma in children.International ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Natural course of the vitelliform stage in best vitelliform macular dystrophy: a five-year follow-up study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021Article
- First observation of secondary childhood glaucoma in Coffin-Siris syndrome: a case report and literature review.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Review
- Reference Values of the Central Corneal Thickness with Different Refractive Errors for the Adult Egyptian Population.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- Distribution of central corneal thickness and intraocular pressure in emmetropic eyes of healthy children of Palestine: a representative cross-sectional study.International journal of ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Corneal Biomechanical Properties and Thickness in Primary Congenital Glaucoma and Normal Eyes: A Comparative Study.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2018Article
- Comparison among Ocular Response Analyzer, Corvis ST and Goldmann applanation tonometry in healthy children.International journal of ophthalmology · 2018Article
- Prevalence of Visual Impairment in School Children.Journal of ophthalmic & vision researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundGlaucoma is the major ophthalmic public health issue and a leading basis of blindness. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is still a foremost risk factor in development and progression of glaucoma. Central corneal thickness (CCT) may play as the risk factor for the progression of glaucoma, closely associated with IOP especially in pediatric age group. This study performed a pioneering investigation combining the outcomes of multiple studies using a meta-analytic approach.
methodsNineteen published articles between 1980 and 2015 were designated by searching Scopus, PubMed, and Google Scholar and analyzed with random effects model while I
resultsThe mean IOP has been documented to 16.22 mmHg (95% CI: 15.48-16.97) in all races subgroups. Analyzing the data by race-based subgroups revealed the lowest IOP of 12.02 mmHg (95% CI: 11.40-12.64) in Indian children while IOP of 17.38 mmHg (95% CI: 15.77-18.98) documented in black children as the highest measurement. The mean CCT was 553.69 micrometer (95% CI: 551.60-555.78) among all races. Lowest CCT of 536.60 mm (95% CI: 531.82-541.38) has been documented in mixed Malay-Indian children whereas Chinese children ought to the highest CCT value of 557.68 mm (95% CI: 553.10-562.25).
conclusionFindings of published studies were inconsistent when considered independently; however, meta-analysis of these results showed a significant correlation between CCT and IOP. Owing to non-uniform methods used to measure IOP and CCT in studies, data were stratified into various subgroups according to the instruments used to measure IOP and CCT.
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