Normal Central Corneal Thickness in Thai People

Panida Kosrirukvongs, M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital Mahidol university    Abstract The central corneal thickness was measured in seventy for (148 eyes) of Thai normal volunteers, aged 17 to 76 years, by using optical pachometer (NIKON). The result revealed that central corneal thickness was Gaussian in distribution with a mean value of 0.498 m.m. ฑ 0.050 (standard deviation). Significant right/left eye differences were detected (p < 0.05), but no sex difference and no correlation between central thickness and age were found.

Thai J Ophthalmol 1989; June 3(1):1-3