The prevalence of pterygium was associated with short axial length and anterior chamber depth in a Chinese retrospective, hospital-based, cross-sectional study.
“In this study, an increasing trend was found in the prevalence of pterygium with the severity of hyperopia, which has a connection with short axial length,” the authors wrote.
The study compared anatomic characteristics of 114 eyes with pterygium and 407 without.
Hyperopia prevalence in the pterygium group was 81.6% vs. 65.1% in the non-pterygium group (P = .001). Eye size was statistically significantly shorter in the
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