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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Anterior Scleral Regional Variation between Asian and Caucasian Populations.

Alejandra Consejo, Richard Wu, Ahmed Abass

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Alejandra ConsejoInstitute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 01-224, Poland.
Richard WuDepartment of Optometry, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung City 40601, Taiwan.
Ahmed AbassSchool of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8622-4632

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Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the anterior scleral shape regional differences between Asian and Caucasian populations.

methodsThe study included 250 Asian eyes and 235 Caucasian eyes from participants aged 22 to 67 years (38.5 ± 7.6). Three-dimensional (3D) corneo-scleral maps were acquired using a corneo-scleral topographer (Eye Surface Profiler, Eaglet Eye BV) and used to calculate sagittal height. For each 3D map, the sclera (maximum diameter of 18 mm) and cornea were separated at the limbus using an automated technique. Advanced data processing steps were applied to ensure levelled artefact-free datasets to build an average scleral shape map for each population.

resultsStatistically, Asian and Caucasian sclerae are significantly different from each other in sagittal height (overall sclera,

conclusionsAsian anterior sclera was found to be less elevated than Caucasian anterior sclera. However, the nasal area of the sclera is less elevated than the temporal area, independently of race. Gaining knowledge in race-related scleral topography differences could assist contact lens manufacturers in the process of lens design and practitioners during the process of contact lens fitting.

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anterior eye surfaceethnicityprofilometryscleratopography

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PMID33113864
PMCPMC7692638

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