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. 2016 Apr 15;30(7):972–978. doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.75

Table 3. Choroidal thickness in myopia studies.

Authors Mean age (years) Sample size Refractive error (D) Relationship with myopia
El Matri et al5 47.21±14.24 187 eyes −13.66±5.77 Choroid thinning in pathogenesis of choroidal neovascularization
Fujiwara et al6 59.7±17.6 55 eyes −11.9±3.7 Choroid thinning in the pathogenesis of myopic degeneration
Flores-Moreno et al16 54.4±18.2 120 eyes ≥−6 Axial length is associated with choroidal thickness in high myopia
Ho et al18 50.4±2.03 56 patients −6.1 to −11 Choroidal thickness decreases with age and severity of myopia
Gupta et al19 21.63±1.15 448 subjects −8.52±1.20 Highly myopic eyes have significantly thinner peripapillary choroid