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The histomorphometric study included human globes enucleated for reasons such as malignant uveal melanoma, end-stage painful secondary angle-closure glaucoma and congenital glaucoma. BM thickness and RPE cell density were measured upon light microscopy. The investigation included 122 eyes (mean axial length: 26.7\u2009\u00b1\u20093.7\u2009mm; range: 20.0\u201337.0\u2009mm): 7 eyes with SHM (axial length: 33.7\u2009\u00b1\u20092.1\u2009mm; range: 31.0\u201337.0\u2009mm), 56 eyes with PHM (mean axial length: 29.1\u2009\u00b1\u20092.4\u2009mm; range: 26.0\u201336.0\u2009mm) and 59 eyes in the NHM-group (axial length: 23.5\u2009\u00b1\u20091.3\u2009mm; range: 20.0\u201325.5\u2009mm). In the SHM group, longer axial length was associated with lower RPE cell density at the posterior pole (standardized regression coefficient beta: 0.92; non- standardized regression coefficient B: \u22122.76; 95% confidence interval (CI): \u22124.41, \u22121.10;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01), at the midpoint posterior pole\/equator (beta: \u22120.87; B: \u22123.60; 95% CI: \u22126.48, \u22120.73;<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.03), and at the equator (beta: \u22120.88; B: \u22120.95; 95% CI: \u22121.68, \u22120.23; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02), but not at the ora serrata (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.88). In the PHM-group and NHM group, RPE cell density at the posterior pole (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.08) and ora serrata (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.88) was statistically independent of axial length, while at the midpoint posterior pole\/equator (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01) and equator (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), RPE cell density decreased with longer axis. BM thickness in the SHM group decreased with longer axial length at the posterior pole (beta: \u22120.93;B: \u22120.29; 95% CI: \u22120.39, \u22120.14; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003), midpoint posterior pole\/equator (beta: \u22120.79; B: \u22120.22; 95% CI: \u22120.42, \u22120.02; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.035) and equator (beta: \u22120.84; B: \u22120.21; 95% CI: \u22120.37, \u22120.06; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.017), while in the PHM-group and NHM-group, BM thickness at any ocular region was not statistically significantly correlated with axial length (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u20090.05). In the SHM-group, but not in the PHM-group or NHM-group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.98), lower BM thickness was associated with lower RPE cell density (beta: 0.93; B: 0.09; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.14; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.007), while in the eyes without congenital glaucoma the relationship was not statistically significant. In SHM in contrast to PHM, BM thickness and RPE cell density decrease in a parallel manner with longer axial length. The findings fit with the notion of BM being a primary driver in the process of axial elongation in PHM as compared to SHM.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-020-62096-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,20]],"date-time":"2020-03-20T11:03:20Z","timestamp":1584702200000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cell Density and Bruch\u2019s Membrane Thickness in Secondary versus Primary High Myopia and Emmetropia"],"prefix":"10.1038","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Jost B.","family":"Jonas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dong","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Leonard","family":"Holbach","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Songhomitra","family":"Panda-Jonas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"62096_CR1","first-page":"277","volume":"38","author":"L Heine","year":"1899","unstructured":"Heine, L. 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