López HSM, Du L, Benítez MMC, Pérez PZ, Padilla GCM

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ABSTRACT

Objective: Compare the corneal features of Chinese and Cuban healthy adult subjects.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational descriptive study was conducted of 120 eyes of healthy 18-29 year old individuals (60 Chinese and 60 Cuban) from September 2016 to December 2017 at Ramón Pando Ferrer Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology. The variables analyzed were sex, keratometry, pachymetry and characteristics of the corneal endothelium.
Results: Female sex prevailed (53.3% among Cuban and 66.6% among Chinese subjects). Mean age was 24.4 years in both groups. Mean keratometry was higher in the Cuban group, with values of 44.7 and 44.6 diopters for both eyes, respectively. Corneal thickness was 607.3-629.9 among Cuban and 575.4-607.2 among Chinese subjects. Variation coefficient, standard deviation and cell density were minimally different between the two eyes in both groups, and were higher in left eyes of Chinese subjects with a coefficient of 32.0 (±11.0). Mean standard deviation was 112.0 (± 36.5) in both groups, whereas right eye cell density was 2 857.1 (± 240.0 cell/mm2) among Chinese and 2 760.0 (± 367.2) among Cuban subjects. Average between right and left eyes ranged from 369.0 to 380 for the Cubans and from 352.4 to 358.4 for the Chinese.
Conclusions: Significant differences were found between keratometric values. Corneal thickness was slightly lower among Chinese subjects. Variation coefficient, cell density, average and standard deviation did not show any statistically significant differences.

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