Does transient increase in axial length during accommodation attenuate with age?

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Table 1. Dependency of accommodative changes in biometry on participant age (56 participants). Vitreous chamber depth (VCD) and axial length (AXL) values have been corrected for the increase in lens thickness (LT) with age and accommodation.

Parameter (mm)	0.00 to 3.00 D accommodative stimulus		0.00 to 4.50 D accommodative stimulus		Per dioptre of accommodation exerted^*
	r	p	r	p	r	p
ACD	0.271	0.021	0.404	<0.001	0.028	0.833
LT	0.412	<0.001	0.509	<0.001	0.051	0.700
ASL	0.105	0.378	0.184	0.121	0.021	0.875
VCD	0.087	0.467	0.154	0.196	0.030	0.821
AXL	0.129	0.279	0.264	0.025	0.105	0.431

ACD: anterior chamber depth, ASL: anterior segment length.

* Only results from participants able to accommodate more than 1.50 D are included.

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