Estimation of axial curvature of anterior sclera: correlation between axial length and anterior scleral curvature as affected by angle kappa

Table 2 Correlation between scleral curvature and other ocular biometric parameters including age

Parameters	tARC[8]		nARC[8]		aARC[8]
Parameters	Pearson’s r	P-value (two-tailed)	Pearson’s r	P-value (two-tailed)	Pearson’s r	P-value (two-tailed)
Age	−0.197	0.356	−0.141	0.511	−0.199	0.351
Sim Kmax	−0.216	0.406	−0.055	0.833	−0.163	0.532
Sim Kmin	−0.380	0.133	−0.154	0.554	−0.327	0.201
SE	−0.579	0.015*	−0.52	0.843	−0.396	0.116
WTW	−0.166	0.438	−0.492	0.015*	−0.360	0.084
Thinnest corneal thickness	−0.292	0.256	−0.126	0.631	−0.258	0.317
ACD	−0.116	0.590	−0.461	0.023*	−0.310	0.140
Angle Kappa	−0.502	0.015*	0.058	0.792	−0.301	0.163
Axial length	0.653	0.001**	−0.018	0.934	0.433	0.035*

tARC[8] axial radius of curvature at 8 mm temporal to the axis line, nARC[8] axial radius of curvature at 8 mm nasal to the axis line, aARC[8] average values of tARC[8] and nARC[8], Sim Kmax maximum simulated keratometric value, Sim Kmin minimum simulated keratometric value, SE spherical equivalent, WTW white-to-white corneal diameter, ACD anterior chamber depth from endothelium
*P <0.05, **P <0.01, Pearson’s correlation analysis

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