Abstract

Study design:Institutional based cross sectional study. Purpose:Determine the correlation between axial length (AL) in anisometropes and corneal curvature (CR) in anisometropes. Methods:Prospective institutional based observational study. 100 subjects with anisometropia more (>) 1 dioptre were included. All the subjects underwent a comprehensive ocular examination followed by corneal curvature measurement with manual keratometer and axial length measurement using Carl Zeiss IOL Master 500. Results: The mean age was 11 ± 3 years [range: 6-16]. The mean ± SD of SER was 3.52±2.08 D. A positive correlation was found between SER and axial length difference between both eyes (r=0.61; p=<0.001) and between SER and AL/CR ratio between both eyes (r=0.57; p=<0.001),but no significant correlation with CR.Conclusions: As a result, we infer that axial length is the most relevant factor in anisometropic eye dioptric power disparities, with no significant relationship between CR and dioptric power.