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. 2017 Aug 8;42(2):83–89. doi: 10.1080/01658107.2017.1349806

Table 4.

Previous studies presenting data on optic nerve head parameters of children.

  ONH parameters, mean ± SD
Studies, year Subjects N Age
(years)
Disc area
(mm2)
Rim area
(mm2)
Cup area (mm2) Cup volume
(mm3)
C/D area V C/D H C/D
Photographic studies
 Mansour12, 1992 Healthy volunteers 66 2–10 2.93 /2.81* 2.50 /2.54*          
 Hellström13, 1998 Healthy volunteers 100 3–20 2.69 ± 0.44 2.24 0.44 ± 0.32        
 Samarawickrama14, 2012 Population based 1225 6 2.29   0.48     0.40  
HRT studies
 He15, 2008 Population based 557 7–15 1.98 ± 0.15   0.51 ± 0.31   0.24 ± 0.12    
 Pang16,2009 Hospital based 146 6–17 2.18 ± 0.57 1.63 ± 0.40 0.52 ± 0.37   0.22 ± 0.11    
 Larsson17, 2011 Population based 54 5–16 2.16 ± 0.47 1.75 ± 0.39 0.41 ± 0.33 0.09 ± 0.12 0.18 ± 0.12    
TD-OCT studies (Stratus OCT)
 El-Dairi4, 2009 Hospital based 286 3–17 2.42 1.96 0.47   0.2 0.37 0.43
 Huynh2, 2006 Population based 1309 6–7 2.20 ± 0.39 1.76 ± 0.44 0.48 ± 0.32 0.06 ± 0.07 0.22 ± 0.13 0.42 ± 0.15 0.46 ± 0.16
 Huynh6 2008 Population based 2054 11–14 2.34 ± 0.41 1.93 ± 0.42 0.46 ± 0.32   0.21 ± 0.14 0.39 ± 0.14 0.44 ± 0.16
SD-OCT studies
 Elia3, 2012, Cirrus Community based 358 6–13 2.05 1.59     0.43    
 Bueno-Gimeno21, 2014, Cirrus Hospital based 199 6–17 2.09 ± 0.44** 1.67 ± 0.34**     0.36 ± 0.17**    
1.85 ± 0.34*** 1.58 ± 0.28***     0.32 ± 0.19***    
 Bhoiwala5, 2015, RTVue Community based 77 5 2.01 ± 0.40   0.36 ± 0.34     0.32 ± 0.22 0.38 ± 0.24
 Present study, 2015, Optovue Hospital based 128 5–17 2.30 ± 0.42 1.84 ± 0.45   0.09 ± 0.10 0.20 ± 0.13 0.37 ± 0.17 0.45 ± 0.20

Note. C/D = cup to disc ratio; ONH = optic nerve head; V = vertical; H = horizontal.

*Boys /girls.

**Emmetropic.

***Myopic.