Distribution of axial length, anterior chamber depth, and corneal curvature in an aged population in South China

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Table 2 Mean axial length, anterior chamber depth, corneal and curvature radius reported in population-based studies

			AL			ACD			CC
Study	Ethnicity	Measurement	Men	Women	All	Men	Women	All	Men	Women	All
The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study	Latinos	Ultrasound	23.65	23.18	23.38	3.48	3.36	3.41	43.35	43.95	43.72
The Mongolian Study	Mongolians	Ultrasound	23.43	23.08	23.13	2.87	2.77		43.65	44.24
The Beaver Dam Eye Study	white	IOL Master	23.92	23.51	23.69	3.14	3.09	3.11	7.77^a	7.65^a	7.70^a
The Meiktila Eye Study	Burmese	Ultrasound	23.12	22.54	22.76	2.86	2.79	2.82	7.71^a	7.56^a	7.62^a
The Reykjavik Study	White	Ultrasound	23.74	23.20		3.20	3.08		43.41	43.73
The Liwan Eye Study	Chinese	Ultrasound	23.38	22.83	23.11	2.75	2.61	2.67	43.50	44.25	43.88
The tanjong pagar study	Chinese	Ultrasound	23.54	22.98	23.23	2.99	2.81	2.90	7.73^a	7.59^a	7.65^a
The Singapore Malay Eye Study	Malay	IOL Master			23.55			3.10			7.65^a
The Singapore Indian Eye Study	Indians	IOL Master	23.68	23.23	23.45	3.19	3.10	3.15	7.68^a	7.55^a	7.61^a
The blue mountain eye study	white	IOL Master	23.75	23.20	23.44	3.16	3.06	3.10	43.01	43.74	43.42

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