This study reveals how, in a myopic anisometrope, the odds of an eye being more myopic are related to laterality, ocular dominance, and magnitude of anisometropia. In 193 subjects, objective refraction was performed with cycloplegia. Sighting, motor, and sensory dominance were determined with the hole-in-the-card test, convergence near-point test, continuous flashing technique, respectively. Multiple logistic regression was used for probability analysis. Seventy percent of the subjects had a right eye that was more myopic, while 30% of them had a more myopic left eye. When the right eye was the sensory dominant eye, the probability of the right eye being more myopic increased to 80% if the anisometropia was less than 3.0 D, and decreased below 70% if anisometropia was beyond 3.0 D. When the left eye was the sensory dominant eye, the probability of the left eye being more myopic increased to above 40% if the anisometropia was less than 4.0 D and decreased below 30% if the anisometropia was beyond 4.0 D. Therefore, between the two eyes of anisometropes, laterality tilts the chance of being more myopic to the right. Being the sensory dominant eye increases an eye’s probability of being more myopic by another 10% if the magnitude of anisometropia is moderate.
Purpose To establish normal parameters of macular and optic disc vasculature by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in healthy preschool children aged 4–6 years old in China. OCTA reflects retinal metabolism and development in children at these ages and could be used clinically and in future studies to aid diagnosis and prediction of retinal abnormalities and developmental stagnation. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we measured foveal, parafoveal, and perifoveal vessel density in the superficial capillary plexus (SCP); the deep capillary plexus (DCP), the foveal avascular zone (FAZ), and the radial capillary peripapillary (RPC) in the optic disc using investigational spectral-domain OCTA. The magnification effect of the FAZ area and microvasculature measurements was corrected by Littman and the modified Bennett formula. Results A total of 242 eyes (116 males and 126 females, 5.31 ± 0.73 years) were recruited for the analysis. The mean macular vessel density was 48.10 ± 2.92% and 48.74 ± 6.51% in the SCP and the DCP, respectively. The RPC vessel density was 47.17 ± 2.52%, 47.99 ± 4.48%, and 48.41 ± 3.07% in the whole image, inside disc, and peripapillary, respectively; and the mean FAZ area was 0.28 ± 0.11 mm2. A significant difference between male and female participants was found in the retinal vasculature (DCP, SCP, and RPC). None of these parameters were significantly different in age (P > 0.05), except that DCP slightly increased with aging. The right and left eyes had good consistency in the parameters of the macula and optic disc. Conclusions Our study establishes the macular and optic disc OCTA reference values in 4- to 6-year-old healthy preschool children. They may be used in longitudinal OCTA studies and clinical applications.
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