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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kiuchi, Gaku
• Hiraoka, Takahiro
• Ueno, Yuta
• Mihashi, Toshifumi
• Oshika, Tetsuro

Titel

Influence of refractive status and age on corneal higher-order aberration

Ist Teil von

• Vision research (Oxford), 2021-04, Vol.181, p.32-37

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •We have evaluated corneal HOAs in normal eyes by using AS-OCT.•Age and amount of corneal astigmatism increase corneal higher-order aberration.•Refractive status (myopia, emmetropia and hyperopia) is not associated with corneal higher-order aberration. This study aimed to investigate the influence of refractive status and age of patients on corneal higher-order aberrations (HOAs). Four hundred and twenty-six right eyes of 426 patients were enrolled in this study. The mean and standard deviation of patient age was 47.7 ± 22.1 years. Total HOAs, spherical-like aberration, coma-like aberration, Z−13, Z13, Z−33, Z−33 and spherical aberration (Z04) for 6-mm pupil were measured using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT). Subjects were classified into three groups according to the amount of spherical equivalent refractive error (SE): myopia (<−0.5 D), emmetropia (−0.5 to 0.5 D), and hyperopia (>0.5 D). The amount of corneal astigmatism was recorded. Relationship between corneal aberrations, refractive status, astigmatism, and age was analyzed. In total, total HOAs, spherical-like aberration and amount of Z−33 and Z04 were significantly larger in the hyperopia group than in the myopia group. After adjustment for age, however, aberration components did not differ among the three refractive groups. In multiple regression analysis, age and corneal astigmatism showed significant correlation with aberrations, whereas amount of SE and refractive status did not. The current study indicated that age and amount of corneal astigmatism have significant influence on corneal HOAs, but refractive status (myopia, emmetropia, or hyperopia) is not associated with corneal HOAs.