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. 2017 Apr 26;17:56. doi: 10.1186/s12886-017-0450-2

Table 1.

Comparison of demographic features between the present study and 4 other published studies

Parameters Present Cui [1] Chen [11] Yuan [9] Guan [10]
Location Central China Southern China Southern China Northern China Eastern China
Eyes/patients 3209/2821 6750/4561 4831/2849 12,449/6908 1430/827
Age (y)
 Mean ± SD 70.51 ± 9.81 70.4 ± 10.5 70.56 ± 9.55 69.80 ± 11.15 72.27 ± 11.59
 Range 32, 95 40, 101 40, 95 30, 97 16, 98
Male/female 1071/1750 2026/2535 1090/1759 3199/3709 359/468
Keratometry (D)
 Mean ± SD 1.09 ± 0.77 0.90(Median) 1.01 ± 0.69 1.15 ± 0.84 1.07 ± 0.73
 Range 0.0, 6.21 NR 0.05, 6.59 0.0, 6.63 0.06, 5.52
 K1 mean ± SD 43.75 ± 1.59 43.57 ± 1.69 43.76 ± 1.53 43.93 ± 1.67 43.57 ± 1.56
 K2 mean ± SD 44.84 ± 1.65 44.69 ± 1.69 44.76 ± 1.56 45.08 ± 1.73 44.64 ± 1.65
 K mean ± SD 44.29 ± 1.58 44.13 ± 1.63 NR NR NR
Corneal astigmatism (%)
 ≤ 0.5D 21.19% NR 23.14% 20.76% 21.2%
 ≥ 1.0D 43.85% 43.9% 41.3% 47.27% 45.46%
 ≥ 2.0D 10.56% 11.6% 8.22% 13.16% 10.42%
 ≥ 3.0D 2.80% 3.4% 1.68% 3.75% 2.31%
 axis 88.82 ± 49.63 NR NR NR NR
AL (mm) 24.38 ± 2.47 24.07 ± 2.14 23.58 ± 1.13 NR NR
ACD (mm) 3.15 ± 0.48 3.01 ± 0.57 NR NR NR
WTW (mm) 11.63 ± 0.43 11.68 ± 0.45 NR NR NR

D diopter, K1 flat keratometry, K2 steep keratometry, K mean keratometry, SD standard deviation, AL axial length, ACD anterior chamber depth, WTW white to white, NR not reported