Table 1 EVs and IOD Values in Han Chinese Subjects of Different Age Groups

From: Normal Values of Hertel Exophthalmometry in a Chinese Han Population from Shenyang, Northeast China

Age Group (no.)

Age (mean ± SD, yr)

EV (mean ± SD, mm)

Percentiles of EV (95th/97.5th/99th, mm)

Range of EV (mm)

Absolute Difference between Bilateral EVs (mean ± SD, mm)

IOD (mean ± SD, mm)

Range of IOD (mm)

Children (n = 515)

10.6 ± 1.1

13.7 ± 1.6 (OS) *

16.0 / 17.0 / 17.8

10–18

0.01 ± 0.09*

100.2 ± 5.0*

87–114

  

13.7 ± 1.5 (OD) *

16.0 / 17.0 / 17.0

10–18

   

Teenagers (n = 517)

16.7 ± 1.5

15.1 ± 1.5 (OS)

17.0 / 18.0 / 19.0

11–22

0.25 ± 0.44

108.5 ± 3.9

100–121

  

15.1 ± 1.6 (OD)

18.0 / 18.0 / 19.0

11–22

   

Adults (n = 582)

39.1 ± 14

15.7 ± 1.8 (OS) #

19.0 / 19.0 / 20.2

11–22

0.23 ± 0.45

111.0 ± 4.0

90–122

  

15.7 ± 1.8 (OD) #

19.0 / 19.0 /21.0

11–22

   

Elderly (n = 396)

76.6 ± 4.1

15.3 ± 2.2 (OS)

19.0 / 20.0 / 20.0

11–22

0.32 ± 0.53

110.8 ± 4.8

94–120

  

15.3 ± 2.3 (OD)

19.0 / 20.0 / 21.0

11–22

   

Total (n = 2010)

33.4 ± 25.4

15.0 ± 1.9 (OS)

18.0 / 19.0 / 20.0

10–22

0.20 ± 0.43

107.6 ± 6.3

87–122

  

15.0 ± 2.0 (OD)

18.0 / 19.0 / 20.0

10–22

   
  1. Abbreviations: EV, exophthalmometric value; IOD, inter-orbital distance; OS, left eye; OD, right eye; SD, standard deviation.
  2. *, #: compared with other age groups, P < 0.01.