Intraocular pressure, goldmann applanation tension, corneal thickness, and corneal curvature in Caucasians, Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans.
Intraocular pressure, goldmann applanation tension, corneal thickness, and corneal curvature in Caucasians, Asians, Hispanics, and African Americans.
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白种人、亚洲人、西班牙人和非裔美国人的眼压、戈德曼压平张力、角膜厚度和角膜曲率。
DOI：
10.1016/j.ajo.2003.11.072
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
D. Lam
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作者：
S. Shen;D. Lam
我们怀着极大的兴趣阅读了SHIMMYO及其同事的文章(Am J Ophthalmol2003；136：603-613)，该文章介绍了眼压、Goldmann压平眼压计和角膜尺寸的种族差异和相关性。我们要向所有的作者表示祝贺。我们一致认为角膜尺寸会影响眼压计的读数，从而影响青光眼的筛查、诊断和治疗。香港作为一个国际大都会，种族差异的影响，在香港是永远不能充分处理的。然而，由于我们94.9%的人口是中国人，屈光不正及其对角膜尺寸的影响对我们当地具有更大的临床意义。众所周知，居住在城市化地区的中国人近视患病率比高加索人高1.5%至2.5%。近视进展期角膜变薄变平。2我们想问问作者在他们的研究中对屈光不正的权重的看法，特别是因为他们的样本人群包括接受屈光手术的患者。
WE READ WITH GREAT INTEREST THE ARTICLE BY SHIMMYO and associates (Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 136: 603—613) on the racial differences and correlations of intraocular pressure, Goldmann applanation tonometry, and corneal dimensions. We would like to extend our congratulations to all the authors. We agreed that corneal dimensions affect tonometry reading, thus the screening, the diagnosis, and the management of glaucoma. However, there are few issues related to the study that may warrant further discussion.Being an international city, the impact of differences in ethnicity can never be addressed enough in Hong Kong. However, with 94.9% of our population being Chinese, refractive error and its effect on the corneal dimensions are of greater clinical significance to our locality. It is known that Chinese residing in urbanized areas have a 1.5 to 2.5 higher prevalence of myopia than the Caucasians. 1 And corneas were found to be thinner and flatter in myopia progression. 2 We would like to ask the authors’ opinion on the weight of refractive error in their study, especially because their sample population consists of patients undergoing refractive surgery.