Oculometric features of hyperopia in children with accommodative refractive esotropia.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the nature of hyperopia in children with accommodative refractive esotropia (ARE) by evaluating the relationships between corneal radius (CR), axial length (AL), age and equivalent spherical refraction (SEQ).


METHODS
A total of 112 children with ARE were included in the study. The children underwent an overall ophthalmic examination including cycloplegic refraction, keratometry and ultrasonic AL measurement.


RESULTS
Statistical analysis revealed a strong relationship between AL and SEQ (p < 0.001). A significant correlation was also found between AL and CR (p < 0.001). The relationship between AL and age was weak but statistically significant (p = 0.02). Multiple regression analysis, using SEQ as the dependent variable and CR, AL and age as independent variables, revealed that AL accounts for 43.5% of the variance, and the combination of CR and AL accounts for 60.9% of the variance.


CONCLUSIONS
Hyperopia is predominantly axial in nature in children with ARE. However, other refractive components are also involved in producing hyperopic refractive errors.
Uretmen
Onder
O
Department of Ophthalmology, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. uretmen@med.ege.edu.tr
Pamukçu
Kemal
K
Kose
Süheyla
S
Egrilmez
Sait
S
D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004948:Esotropia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D012029:Refraction, Ocular / Q000502:physiology