Journal article
The Effect of Age and Conjunctivochalasis on Conjunctival Thickness
Current eye research, Vol.38(3), pp.331-334
03/01/2013
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.749916
PMID: 23249375
Abstract
Purpose: To determine the effect of age and conjunctivochalasis (CCh) on conjunctival thickness.
Methods: One hundred and nineteen normal subjects aged 60-79 years and 83 subjects with CCh graded I-II (39 males and 44 females) aged 60-79 years were recruited. Cirrus HD-optical coherence tomography 4000 was used to measure the thickness of the lower temporal conjunctiva 3-5 mm from the corneal limbus.
Results: The conjunctiva was significantly thicker in normal subjects compared to CCh patients (p < 0.0001), and in normal subjects aged 60-69 years compared to normal subjects aged 70-79 years (p = 0.0466). There was no significant difference between age groups for patients with CCh (p = 0.1001). After subdividing groups by age, normal subjects had a thicker conjunctiva compared to CCh patients for those aged 60-69 years (p = 0.0152) as well as those aged 70-79 years (p = 0.0120).
Conclusions: The conjunctiva is thinner in older subjects and subjects with CCh.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Effect of Age and Conjunctivochalasis on Conjunctival Thickness
- Creators
- Xing-Ru Zhang - Liqun Hospital of Putuo DistrictZhen-Yong Zhang - Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineMatthew R. Hoffman - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public HealthQing-Song Li - Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineBin Liu - Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineHuan-Ming Zhou - Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current eye research, Vol.38(3), pp.331-334
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.3109/02713683.2012.749916
- PMID
- 23249375
- ISSN
- 0271-3683
- eISSN
- 1460-2202
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984366376302771
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