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. 2016 Oct 7;16:176. doi: 10.1186/s12886-016-0355-5

Table 2.

Correlation between scleral curvature and other ocular biometric parameters including age

Parameters tARC[8] nARC[8] aARC[8]
Pearson’s r P-value (two-tailed) Pearson’s r P-value (two-tailed) Pearson’s r P-value (two-tailed)
Age −0.197 0.356 −0.141 0.511 −0.199 0.351
Sim Kmax −0.216 0.406 −0.055 0.833 −0.163 0.532
Sim Kmin −0.380 0.133 −0.154 0.554 −0.327 0.201
SE −0.579 0.015* −0.52 0.843 −0.396 0.116
WTW −0.166 0.438 −0.492 0.015* −0.360 0.084
Thinnest corneal thickness −0.292 0.256 −0.126 0.631 −0.258 0.317
ACD −0.116 0.590 −0.461 0.023* −0.310 0.140
Angle Kappa −0.502 0.015* 0.058 0.792 −0.301 0.163
Axial length 0.653 0.001** −0.018 0.934 0.433 0.035*

tARC[8] axial radius of curvature at 8 mm temporal to the axis line, nARC[8] axial radius of curvature at 8 mm nasal to the axis line, aARC[8] average values of tARC[8] and nARC[8], Sim Kmax maximum simulated keratometric value, Sim Kmin minimum simulated keratometric value, SE spherical equivalent, WTW white-to-white corneal diameter, ACD anterior chamber depth from endothelium

*P <0.05, **P <0.01, Pearson’s correlation analysis