Distribution of Ocular Parameters in a Childhood Population: Ocular Parameters Measured by Optical Coherence Tomography in a Childhood Population

Many eye disease cause abnormalities in the retina and optic nerve head (ONH), direct cross-sectional imaging could improve the early diagnosis and provide a more sensitive monitoring of a variety of retinal and ONH disease. The introduction of optical coherence tomography into clinical practice in 1996 made it possible to routinely measure retinal thickness in a non-contact and non-invasive manner. This analysis document the normal distribution of macular, retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and optic disc parameters, as measured using OCT in a population-based sample of young persons and to examine the relationship of these parameters to ocular variables (spherical equivalent refraction and axial length) and systemic variables (age, gender, anthropometry, ethnicity and birth parameters), should be especially useful to professional in retina field or any ophthalmologist.