Table 5 Demographic and biometric characteristics in the two groups after adjustment for age and sex by propensity score matching.

From: A 10-year retrospective study on the prevalence and biometric characteristics of high myopia in Chinese cataract surgery candidates

Parameter

High myopia group (n = 2170)

Non-high myopia group (= 2170)

P value

Age (years, mean ± SD)

59.8±12.4

60.2±12.9

0.314*

Sex, n (%)

 Male

1014 (46.7)

975 (44.9)

0.247**

 Female

1156 (53.3)

1195 (55.1)

 

AL (mm, median, range)

28.52 (26.00, 37.34)

23.53 (22.00, 25.00)

<0.001***

Corneal power (D, mean ± SD)

 K1

43.20±1.60

43.74±1.41

<0.001*

 K2

44.40±1.76

44.60±1.45

<0.001*

 K

43.80±1.63

44.17±1.39

<0.001*

CD (mm, mean ± SD)

11.90±0.47

11.87±0.45

0.024*

ACD (mm, mean ± SD)

3.45±0.39

3.22±0.43

<0.001*

CA (D, median, range)

1.02 (0.00, 7.48)

0.72 (0.00, 5.80)

<0.001***

Cornea type

 Flat (n, %)

275 (12.7)

121 (5.6)

<0.001**

 Medium (n, %)

1701 (78.4)

1845 (85.0)

<0.001**

 Steep (n, %)

194 (8.9)

204 (9.4)

0.636**

CA severity

 Low (n, %)

709 (32.7)

1141 (52.6)

<0.001**

 Moderate (n, %)

1315 (60.6)

977 (45.0)

<0.001**

 High (n, %)

146 (6.7)

52 (2.4)

<0.001**

CA type

 WTR (n, %)

894 (41.2)

926 (42.7)

0.325**

 ATR (n, %)

892 (41.1)

898 (41.4)

0.853**

 Oblique (n, %)

384 (17.7)

346 (15.9)

0.123**

  1. SD standard deviation, AL axial length, D diopters, K keratometry; K1 flat keratometry; K2 steep keratometry, CD corneal diameter, ACD anterior chamber depth, CA corneal astigmatism.
  2. *Independent t test; **χ2 test; ***Mann‒Whitney U test.