A Study of Central Corneal Thickness of the Normal Korean Adult.

Beom, Jin Seon; Kim, Yong Whan

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1986;27(3):281-286.
Published online March 1, 1986.

A Study of Central Corneal Thickness of the Normal Korean Adult.

Jin Seon Beom, Yong Whan Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea.

정상 한국 성인의 중심부 각막 두께에 대한 연구

김용환(Yong Hwan Kim),범진선(Jin Sun Bum)

Abstract

The author measured the central corneal thickness of the 105 normal Korean adults (210 eyes) aged from 25-40 years with the Haag-Streit pachometer type I, and measured the radius of corneal curvature with A.O. Keratometer, I.O.P. with applanation tonometer. The obtained results were summarized as follows. 1) The average central corneal thickness of 210 eyes was 0.5118 +/- 0.016mm. 2) The left eye values were significantly thicker than right eye values(P<0.05). 3) In the 105 right eyes, (1) The sex difference with larger male eye values were proved to be significant(P<0.01). (2) No correlation was found for radius of anterior corneal curvature(both Horizontal and Vertical) against central corneal thickness(Horizontal: r=-0.007843, P>1) (Vertical: r=0.09466, p>1). (3) The central corneal thickness was found to increase significantly with increasing intraocular pressure within normal range(r=0.46942, P<0.05).