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Ocular biometric parameters, including axial length, corneal radius of curvature (CR), white-to-white distance (WTW), angle \u03ba and angle \u03b1, were measured using IOL Master 700; auto-refraction were assessed under cycloplegia. The eyes were assigned to different groups based on CR, WTW, and gender to compare the angles \u03b1 and \u03ba, and analyze the correlations between the differences of biological parameters on angles \u03b1 and \u03ba.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The means of axial length, CR, WTW, angle \u03b1, and angle \u03ba were 23.24\u2009\u00b1\u20091.14\u2009mm, 7.79\u2009\u00b1\u20090.27\u2009mm, 11.68\u2009\u00b1\u20090.41\u2009mm, 0.45\u2009\u00b1\u20090.25\u2009mm, and 0.27\u2009\u00b1\u20090.22\u2009mm, respectively. Angle \u03b1 was correlated with CR and WTW (fixed effect coefficient [FEC]\u2009=\u20090.237, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.015; FEC\u2009=\u2009-0.109, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003; respectively), and angle \u03ba also correlated with CR and WTW (FEC\u2009=\u20090.271, p\u2009=\u20090.003; FEC\u2009=\u2009-0.147, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001, respectively). Comparing subgroups, the large CR and small WTW group had larger angles \u03b1 (0.49\u2009\u00b1\u20090.27 vs. 0.41\u2009\u00b1\u20090.21, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001; 0.46\u2009\u00b1\u20090.27 vs. 0.44\u2009\u00b1\u20090.21, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05, respectively) and \u03ba (0.29\u2009\u00b1\u20090.25 vs. 0.24\u2009\u00b1\u20090.15, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.01; 0.29\u2009\u00b1\u20090.25 vs. 0.26\u2009\u00b1\u20090.19, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05, respectively). The differences in interocular angles \u03b1 and \u03ba showed correlation with interocular WTW (r\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.255, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001; r\u2009=\u2009\u2212\u20090.385, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Eyes with smaller WTW tended to have larger angle \u03ba (0.28\u2009\u00b1\u20090.27 vs. 0.25\u2009\u00b1\u20090.15, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The size of angle \u03b1\/\u03ba may be correlated to CR and WTW, and a larger WTW eye may suggest a smaller angle \u03ba compared with the fellow eye.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12886-024-03409-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,28]],"date-time":"2024-03-28T09:02:39Z","timestamp":1711616559000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Correlation analysis of angles \u03ba and \u03b1 with the refraction and anterior segment parameters in children"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Yuhao","family":"Ye","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhe","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruoyan","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yiyong","family":"Xian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yangyi","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ye","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xingtao","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,28]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"3409_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"63","DOI":"10.2471\/BLT.07.041210","volume":"86","author":"S Resnikoff","year":"2008","unstructured":"Resnikoff S. 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