Axial Length and Ocular Development of Premature Infants without ROP

Table 2

Parameter analysis of variance between preterm and term infants at 40 weeks’ PCA.

Parameter for right eye	Term infants (mean ± SD)	Preterm infants (mean ± SD)
Number	65	76
Spherical equivalent (SE, D)	2.19 ± 2.22	1.96 ± 2.12	0.50
Axial length (AL, mm)	17.34 ± 0.55	17.08 ± 0.67	0.02
Anterior chamber depth (ACD, mm)	2.55 ± 0.26	2.38 ± 0.25	0.000
Lens thickness (LT, mm)	3.72 ± 0.18	3.99 ± 0.15	0.000
Vitreous depth (VD, cm)	11.03 ± 0.46	10.79 ± 0.56	0.01

significant difference between two groups.