Research Article

Long-Term Natural Course of Pathologic Myopia in Chinese Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of children and adults at the initial examination.

Children (31 eyes of 21 patients)Adults (12 eyes of 7 patients)

Median age at initial examination (range) (yrs)6.6 (1.1 to 14.3)38.1 (25.7 to 45.6)
Median SE (range) (D)−8.9 (−6 to −21.5)−16.4 (−12.5 to −22.5)
Median axial length (range) (mm)26.13 (21.53 to 30.11)29.8 (27.16 to 32.35)
Median follow-up (range) (yrs)3.9 (2 to 7.2)5.4 (2.4 to 6)

D: diopters; yrs: years; SE: spherical equivalent.