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CORNEA
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 159-161Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181af7610
Keywords
intellectual disability; central corneal thickness
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- FIC NIH HHS [D43 TW005807-08, D43 TW005807-09, D43 TW005807-07, D43 TW005807] Funding Source: Medline
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Purpose: To evaluate the central corneal thickness (CCT) in children with intellectual disability (ID) and to determine the association between ID-related variables and CCT. Methods: A total of 77 subjects with ID and 38 healthy controls were included in the study. The subjects with ID were subdivided into mild (IQ 50-69; n = 34), moderate (IQ 35-49; n = 30), and severe (IQ < 34; n = 13) groups and syndromic (n = 40) versus nonsyndromic (n = 37) distinctions. All children underwent CCT assessment by ultrasound pachymetry, in addition to complete ophthalmologic examination. Analysis of variance, chi(2) test, and linear regression analysis were used for statistical analysis. Results: CCT was significantly higher in the ID group (549.7 +/- 21.4 mu m) than that the control group (521.6 +/- 16.9 mu m; P < 0.0001). Linear regression analysis revealed that presence of syndromic etiology significantly predicted higher CCT among the individuals with ID (P < 0.0001). Conclusions: Children with ID have an increased CCT compared with healthy controls. Syndromic etiology is the only variable that predicts higher CCT among the individuals with ID. Although the finding of an increased CCT in children with ID is statistically significant, it is not clinically significant.
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