Naz Şimdivar GH, Kurumoğlu Incekalan T, Tuncel DA. Ocular biometry, anterior chamber morphometry, and their relationship with serum ferritin levels in children with beta thalassemia major.
Ther Adv Ophthalmol 2023;
15:25158414231165824. [PMID:
37113304 PMCID:
PMC10126650 DOI:
10.1177/25158414231165824]
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Abstract
Background
Ocular biometry and anterior segment evaluations are important to determine ocular development and pathological changes, especially in thalassemia patients in Mediterranean countries such as Turkey.
Objectives
The objectives of this study were to compare ocular biometry and anterior segment parameters in children with thalassemia major and healthy controls and to examine the relationship between ferritin levels, anthropometric measurements, and ocular parameters.
Design
This is a prospective case-control study.
Methods
The height, weight, body mass index, and occipitofrontal circumference values of the participants were recorded. Anterior and vitreous chamber depth, lens thickness, axial length, central corneal thickness, anterior chamber volume, iridocorneal angle, pupil diameter, and mean keratometry were measured. Measurements were compared between patients and healthy children, and between patients with ferritin levels above and below 1000 ng/mL.
Results
This study included 40 patients and 45 controls. Height, weight, and body mass index were significantly lower while ferritin level and occipitofrontal circumference were significantly higher in patients compared with the controls (p < 0.001 for all). There were no statistically significant differences in the other ocular parameters (p > 0.05). In comparisons between patients with ferritin levels below (n = 15) and above 1000 ng/mL (n = 25), there were no significant differences in age, height, weight, body mass index, occipitofrontal circumference, or ocular parameters (p > 0.05). Occipitofrontal circumference and mean keratometry value were positively correlated in patients with ferritin levels below 1000 ng/mL (r = 0.573, p = 0.025), while body mass index was negatively correlated with pupil diameter in patients with ferritin levels above 1000 ng/mL (r = -0.469, p = 0.018).
Conclusion
Children with thalassemia showed significant growth retardation and large occipitofrontal circumference but did not differ from controls in terms of biometrics and anterior segment morphology. Our results demonstrated a positive correlation between the occipitofrontal circumference and mean keratometry value in children with ferritin levels below 1000 ng/mL and a negative correlation between body mass index and pupil diameter in children with ferritin levels above 1000 ng/mL.
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