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Cataract is considered to be the primary reason for curable blindness that is caused by progressive loss of lens transparency and affects millions of people around the world. This study aims to analyze the changes in morphometric qualities of bulbus oculi (BO) as well as its morphometric measurements such as anterior chamber depth (ACD), lens thickness (LT), vitreous length (VL), axial length (AL), etc. depending on age and gender in cataract patients through comparison with healthy eyes. 200 eyes with cataract were separately analyzed in five different categories of ages for males and females at the ages of 40-89. Biometric measurements of a total of 128 eyes (64 males and 64 females) were used as the control group. The study revealed a strong negative relation between age and ACD and a strong positive relation between age and LT in males and females for healthy eyes and eyes with cataract (P < 0.05). No significant relation was found for VL and AL in either gender (P > 0.05). A significant decrease was observed in ACD with aging while a positive correlation with age was detected in LT. We believe that the data obtained from this study will serve as a guide for BO interventions, diagnose and treatment stages and training of physician assistants. Anat Rec, 299:1308-1312, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

Objectives: This study aimed at retrospectively investigating how such morphometric measures of right bulbus oculi (RBO) and left bulbus oculi (LBO) as camera anterior, lens, vitreous, and total axial length varied among cataract patients by age and gender. Methods: This study employed the camera anterior, lens, vitreous, and total axial length measures obtained from the RBOs and LBOs of the patients coming to Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital Eye Diseases Clinic for cataract operation in preop. Based on such measures, the data were subjected to t-test and correlation analysis. IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 for Windows was used in analyses. Results: The data obtained from 118 subjects 63 (53%) of whom were male, and 55 (47%) of whom were female were included in analysis. While the average age of the males was 70 ±11, that of the females was 70±13. The t-test indicated that vitreous and total axial length obtained from RBO and total axial length obtained from LBO varied significantly by gender, but camera anterior and lens obtained from RBO and LBO and vitreous obtained from LBO did not vary significantly by gender. The correlation analysis demonstrated that camera anterior and vitreous obtained from RBO and LBO had a poor negative relationship with age; and lens obtained from RBO and LBO had a poor positive relationship with age. Conclusion: It was concluded that such RBO and LBO measures as camera anterior, lens, vitreous, and total axial length had a poor relationship with age and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]