title: [Refractive error and the intraocular pressure: findings in the Chinese eyes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analysis the correlation between the refractive error and the intraocular pressure.
  
  
  METHODS
  The IOP was measured in 142 eyes with noncontact tonometer. The refractive error were determined with an autorefractometer(TOPCON-7100).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis of variance showed that IOP of medium myopia is the highest, and a significant IOP difference between medium myopia and severe myopia, and IOP of patients less than 19yrs is significantly higher than patients more than 30 yrs; and there is also no significant influence of gender on patients' IOP, mean IOP(13.04 +/- 2.97) mmHg.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that when medium myopia IOP is relatively higher, or when a young patient less than 19 whose IOP is relatively higher than usual, that may mean the eye is under an unstable situation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Optometry, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510060.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xuelian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zuyou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Zhengshi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular