title: CHOROIDAL THICKNESS IN HEALTHY CHINESE CHILDREN AGED 6 to 12: The Shanghai Children Eye Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the characteristics of choroidal thickness (ChT) in Chinese children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 144 healthy children, aged 6 years to 12 years old, were enrolled in the study. The ChT of subfovea and peripheral locations 0.5, 1.5, and 2.5 mm away from the fovea were evaluated by enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography. The association between subfoveal ChT and systemic, as well as ocular factors, including age, sex, height, weight, body mass index, axial length, refractive error, intraocular pressure, preterm history, and the refractive status of parents were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean subfoveal ChT was 302 ± 63 μm. In the nasal, superior, and inferior areas, the ChT of locations closer to the fovea was thicker than those farther away from the fovea (all P < 0.05); however, ChT was not significantly different among different locations in the temporal area (P = 0.16). The ChT of the nasal quadrant was significantly thinner than that of other areas (P < 0.01). Subfoveal ChT decreased with age, axial length, preterm history, and increased with height. Sex was not statistically associated with subfoveal ChT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Chinese children, the ChT is thinnest in the nasal quadrant and thicker in central regions than in peripheral areas. The subfoveal ChT independently decreases with age, axial length, preterm history, and increases with height.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Preventative Ophthalmology, Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center, Shanghai Eye Hospital, Shanghai, China; †Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China; and ‡Department of School Health, Baoshan Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xiangui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Peiyao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Qiangqiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jiali
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Huijuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jiangnan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Mingjin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D044466:Asian People; D058452:Axial Length, Eye / Q000502:physiology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D002829:Choroid / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000473:pathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods