title: [Intraocular pressure in children and adolescents with myopia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine, whether intraocular pressure (IOP) is associated with myopia and axial length in children and adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  129 patients in age from 9 to 18 years (mean 14.5 years), were examined. They underwent dynamic contour tonometry, cycloplegic autorefraction, and A-scan biometry. For analyses, refractive error was split into three groups: low myopia (spherical equivalent refraction - SE < -3.00 D), moderate myopia (SE from -3,00 D to -6,00 D), and high myopia (SE > -6.00 D).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant IOP differences between eyes with low (mean IOP = 15.15 mm Hg +/- 2.73), moderate (15.3 mmHg +/- 2.6) or high myopes (15.6 mmHg +/- 2.33). IOP was not correlated with spherical equivalent refraction (p = 0.49) or axial length (Spearman correlation, r = 0.04). There were also no statistically significant differences in IOP between the less myopic and more myopic eyes of 11 patients with anisometropia > 3,00 D. Neither spherical equivalent (p = 0.49) nor axial length (p = 0.51) were significantly associated with IOP in anisometropic patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IOP was not associated with refractive error and axial length in the eyes of myopic children and adolescents. Further observations are necessary, because myopia can be a risk factor in developing juvenile glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Z Kliniki Okulistyki Dzieciecej z Ośrodkiem Leczenia Zeza Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Białymstoku. urbanbea@umwb.edu.pl
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001699:Biometry; D002648:Child; D003315:Cornea / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity