title: Intraocular Pressure in Premature Low Birth Weight Infants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP) and central corneal thickness (CCT) in premature low birth weight (LBW) infants and their correlation with gestational age (GA).
  
  
  METHODS
  IOP and CCT were measured in premature LBW infants (defined as a birth weight ≤ 1,500 g or birth GA ≤ 30 weeks) admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at the University of Florida Division of Neonatology, UF Health Jacksonville.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety eyes of 45 premature LBW infants with mean birth GA of 28.2 ± 2.3 weeks and mean birth weight of 1,131.5 ± 380.1 g were evaluated. The mean IOP and CCT were 29.0 ± 9.0 mm Hg and 660.0 ± 65.0 µm, respectively. There was no correlation between the IOP and CCT (r = 0.09; P = .38). There was a negative correlation between IOP and GA (r = -0.41) and between CCT and GA (r = -0.26).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IOP is higher and CCT is thicker in premature infants compared to adults; however, there was no correlation between IOP and CCT. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2016;53(5):300-304.].
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.forename: Zimei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shamim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haji
authors.forename: Wassia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Khaja
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sambhav
authors.forename: Merrill
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stass-Isern
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Chalam
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003315:Cornea / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D063171:Corneal Pachymetry; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D047928:Premature Birth; D012016:Reference Values; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular