Research Article

Eyes of Aniso-Axial Length Individuals Share Generally Similar Corneal Biometrics with Normal Eyes in Cataract Population

Table 4

Distributions of total, anterior, and posterior corneal SAs in different groups.

GroupsSAsMinimum (μm)Maximum (μm)Mean ± SD (μm)

Aniso, longer (N = 489)Total cornea−0.1180.7420.303 ± 0.120
Posterior corneal surface−0.235−0.016−0.128 ± 0.034
Anterior corneal surface−0.1020.7680.334 ± 0.116

Non, longer (N = 597)Total cornea−0.1330.6870.295 ± 0.151
Posterior corneal surface−0.229−0.021−0.132 ± 0.034
Anterior corneal surface−0.1800.7510.331 ± 0.148

Aniso, shorter (N = 489)Total cornea−0.3650.6810.306 ± 0.125
Posterior corneal surface−0.224−0.011−0.128 ± 0.035
Anterior corneal surface−0.2860.6950.337 ± 0.118

Non, shorter (N = 564)Total cornea−0.1540.7020.293 ± 0.117
Posterior corneal surface−0.223−0.018−0.131 ± 0.035
Anterior corneal surface−0.0990.6980.328 ± 0.112

SAs = spherical aberrations; Aniso = aniso-axial length group; Non = non-aniso-axial length group; shorter = shorter set; longer = longer set; SD = standard deviation. The values of total posterior and anterior corneal SAs with analyses of variance were >0.05 among the four groups. One non-aniso-axial length eye in the longer set with anterior corneal SA = 2.767 μm, posterior corneal SA = −0.097 μm, and total corneal SA = 2.748 μm was considered abnormal and was not listed as the maximum.