3. Central Corneal Thickness from a Subset of Normal Population in Pakistan Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography
Inayatullah1, Nuzhat Hassan 1, Kevin Joseph Jerome Borges1, Syed Nudrat Nawaid Shah1, Kashif Muhammad2 and Gulraiz Karim Rind1
ABSTRACT
Objective: To measure central corneal thickness and study its association with intraocular pressure (IOP), age and gender.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the tertiary eye care health centre during Feb 2019 and Feb 2020 for one year.
Materials and Methods: 324 normal individuals were recruited. They followed the routine eye examination protocol and in the end we performed anterior segment OCT on one eye of each participant.
Results: The mean CCT was found to be 533.01µm and mean the IOP was 12.6mmHg. When we compared CCT with age, significant correlation was not found (Pearson’s correlation coefficient (R) = 0.022, P-value = 0.692). Similar results were obtained when CCT was tested against IOP (Pearson’s correlation coefficient (R) = 0.056, P-value = 0.315). The difference of CCT between the two gender was also not significant (p-value = 0.774).
Conclusion: The CCT from our study was not found to be associated with age and intraocular pressure. Also the difference in CCT values of males and females was not statistically significant.
Key Words: Corneal Thickness, Anterior Segment, Optical Coherence, Tomography
Citation of article: Inayatullah, Hassan N, Borges KJJ, Shah SNN, Muhammad K, Rind GK. Central Corneal Thickness from a Subset of Normal Population in Pakistan Using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography. Med Forum 2021;32(1):12-16.