Age, gender and regional/ethnic variations in emmetropic axial growth rate
Emmetropic axial growth rate between 6 and 16 years is non-uniform with greater growth rate at younger ages and in males. Growth rates estimated by maintaining constant SE and corneal curvature are lower or similar to previous estimates and may be used to set goals for myopia treatment.
Authors
- António Filipe Macedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3436-2010)
- Rebecca Leighton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5562-9055)
- Pelsin Demir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9970-3237)
- Nina Tahhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-2483)
- Karthikeyan Baskaran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-0035)
- Sara J. McCullough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4438-1154)
- Padmaja Sankaridurg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5537-6193)
- Thomas Naduvilath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8813-2048)
- Kathryn J. Saunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-5731)
- Xun Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4246-4343)
- Xiangui He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8938-1879)
Institutions
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Linnaeus University (SE)
- Brien Holden Vision Institute (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention & Treatment Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.13545
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Corneal surgery and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.08
Funders
- Department for the Economy
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality
- Shanghai Hospital Development Center
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- Science and Technology Innovation Plan Of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission