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Associations Between Fetal Growth Trajectories and the Development of Myopia by 20 Years of Age.

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Purpose

To evaluate the contribution of genetic and early life environmental factors, as reflected by fetal anthropometric growth trajectories, toward the development of myopia during childhood and adolescence.

Methods

This analysis included 498 singleton Caucasian participants from the Raine Study, a pregnancy cohort study based in Western Australia. Serial fetal biometric measurements of these participants were collected via ultrasound scans performed at 18, 24, 28, 34, and 38 weeks' gestation. At a 20-year follow-up, the participants underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic examination, including cycloplegic autorefraction and ocular biometry measurements. Using a group-based trajectory modeling approach, we identified groups of participants with similar growth trajectories based on measurements of fetal head circumference (HC), abdominal circumference, femur length (FL), and estimated fetal weight (EFW). Differences between trajectory groups with respect to prevalence of myopia, axial length (AL), and corneal radius of curvature measured at the 20-year follow-up were evaluated via logistic regression and analysis of variance.

Results

Prevalence of myopia was highest among participants with consistently short or consistently long FLs (P = 0.04). There was also a trend toward increased prevalence with larger HC in late gestation, although not at a statistically significant level. Trajectory groups reflecting faster HC, FL, or EFW growth correlated with significantly flatter corneas (P = 0.03, P = 0.04, and P = 0.01, respectively) and a general, but not statistically significant, increase in AL.

Conclusions

Environmental or genetic factors influencing intrauterine skeletal growth may concurrently affect ocular development, with effects persisting into adulthood.

SUBMITTER: Dyer KIC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7774062 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Associations Between Fetal Growth Trajectories and the Development of Myopia by 20 Years of Age.

Dyer Kathleen I C KIC Sanfilippo Paul G PG White Scott W SW Guggenheim Jeremy A JA Hammond Chris J CJ Newnham John P JP Mackey David A DA Yazar Seyhan S

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 20201201 14

<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate the contribution of genetic and early life environmental factors, as reflected by fetal anthropometric growth trajectories, toward the development of myopia during childhood and adolescence.<h4>Methods</h4>This analysis included 498 singleton Caucasian participants from the Raine Study, a pregnancy cohort study based in Western Australia. Serial fetal biometric measurements of these participants were collected via ultrasound scans performed at 18, 24, 28, 34, and 38 w ...[more]

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