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status of the eye. It is therefore The patients were divided into two groups by axial length: AXL
important to investigate G1 included patients with AXL ≤24.20 mm and AXL G2 included
whether any correlation exists patients with AXL >24.20 mm. All patients were divided into two
between RNFL measurement groups by Spherical Equivalent (SE) of Refractive error: SE G1
and axial length/refractive <-3.00 D; SE G2 ≥-3.00 D. Statistical analyses were performed with
error in myopia. This study is commercially available software IBM SPSS statistic 26.
aimed at evaluating the RNFL RESULTS
thickness by optical coherence
tomography and comparing 68 eyes were included in this study, with a minimum SE of
it with the axial length and -1.00D, maximum SE of -9.88D. The mean age of the subject was
refractive error in myopes. TABLE: 1 COMPARISON OF MEAN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

AIM TWO AXL GROUP 1 & AXL GROUP 2
RNFL Thickness Group AXL N Mean ± Std. P- Value
The purpose of this study
was to investigate the retinal Deviation
nerve fibre layer thickness RNFL Superior AXL G1(≤ 24.20) 35 121.40 ± 21.25 0.644
changes with the increase in AXL G2(>24.20) 33 119.42 ± 12.48
axial length in myopes. The RNFL Inferior AXL G1(≤ 24.20) 35 125.46 ± 15.67 0.030
second objective of this study
was to analyse the effects of AXL G2(>24.20) 33 117.85 ± 12.37
refractive error on the RNFL RNFL Nasal AXL G1(≤ 24.20) 35 69.69 ± 8.47 0.049
thickness measurement.
AXL G2(>24.20) 33 66.03 ± 6.38
MATERIAL AND METHODS RNFL Temporal AXL G1(≤ 24.20) 35 63.91 ± 9.19 0.623

Patients, with myopia of -1D AXL G2(>24.20) 33 65.03 ± 9.42
to -10D, who visited Rotary Eye Average RNFL AXL G1(≤ 24.20) 35 95.60 ± 10.12 0.120
Institute, Navsari for evaluation
from December 2020 to June AXL G2(>24.20) 33 92.15 ± 7.68
2021 underwent an ocular
examination that included
AXL and OCT RNFL thickness
measurement. Axial length
(AXL) was measured by an IOL
master 500. RNFL thickness
was measured by a Cirrus HD
Spectral Domain OCT (Carl
Zeiss Meditec, Inc) (SW version:
10.0.1.19039).

Myopic patients with 20 to
30 years of age with normal
anterior and posterior segment
findings were included. Some
patients were excluded due to
the previous history of ocular
pathology, trauma, history of
any surgery, and presence of
any ophthalmic condition that TABLE: 1 COMPARISON OF MEAN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO AXL GROUP 1 &
could alter the Axial length. AXL GROUP 2

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