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. 2016 May 1;16:47. doi: 10.1186/s12886-016-0221-5

Table 2.

Mean axial length, anterior chamber depth, corneal and curvature radius reported in population-based studies

AL ACD CC
Study Ethnicity Measurement Men Women All Men Women All Men Women All
The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study Latinos Ultrasound 23.65 23.18 23.38 3.48 3.36 3.41 43.35 43.95 43.72
The Mongolian Study Mongolians Ultrasound 23.43 23.08 23.13 2.87 2.77 43.65 44.24
The Beaver Dam Eye Study white IOL Master 23.92 23.51 23.69 3.14 3.09 3.11 7.77a 7.65a 7.70a
The Meiktila Eye Study Burmese Ultrasound 23.12 22.54 22.76 2.86 2.79 2.82 7.71a 7.56a 7.62a
The Reykjavik Study White Ultrasound 23.74 23.20 3.20 3.08 43.41 43.73
The Liwan Eye Study Chinese Ultrasound 23.38 22.83 23.11 2.75 2.61 2.67 43.50 44.25 43.88
The tanjong pagar study Chinese Ultrasound 23.54 22.98 23.23 2.99 2.81 2.90 7.73a 7.59a 7.65a
The Singapore Malay Eye Study Malay IOL Master 23.55 3.10 7.65a
The Singapore Indian Eye Study Indians IOL Master 23.68 23.23 23.45 3.19 3.10 3.15 7.68a 7.55a 7.61a
The blue mountain eye study white IOL Master 23.75 23.20 23.44 3.16 3.06 3.10 43.01 43.74 43.42

ACD anterior chamber depth, AL axial length, CC corneal curvature;

aCorneal curvature in mm