简介：AIM:Todeterminethedistributionsofcentralcornealthickness(CCT)andintraocularpressure(IOP)inemmetropiceyesofhealthychildrenofPalestine.METHODS:Thisrepresentativecrosssectionalstudyincludedatotalof1156eyesfrom578healthyschoolchildrenaged7-15y.Inclusioncriteriaincludedemmetropia,noprevioushistoryofocularorsystemicdiseases,noprevioushistoryofcontactlensuse,andtheavailabilityofbotheyes.CCTandIOPweremeasuredusingultrasoundpachymeterandGoldmannapplanationtonometer,respectively.Therelationshipoftheresultswithageandgenderwasinvestigated.RESULTS:Themeanageofschoolchildrenwas11.13±2.8y.MeanCCTwas542.2±37.4and544.3±39.2μmforrightandlefteyes,respectively.MeanIOPwas12.5±2.2and12.3±2.2mmHgforrightandlefteyes,respectively.ApositivecorrelationwasobservedbetweenCCTandIOPoftherighteye(P<0.001,R=0.358)andCCTandIOPofthelefteye(P<0.001,R=0.324).NosignificantdifferenceswereobservedinCCTandIOPduetoageorgender(P>0.05).ThereweresignificantdifferencesinmeanCCTandIOPbetweenrightandlefteyes(P=0.004,P=0.001,respectively).CONCLUSION:ApopulationprofileofCCTandIOPisestablishedinPalestinianchildrenforthefirsttime.MeanCCTiscomparabletosomestudiesbutdifferfromothers.MeanIOPisconsiderablylowerthanthatofmajoritychildrenofotherethnicgroups.Intereyedifferenceofmorethan36μminCCT,and5mmHginIOPshouldpromptevaluationforpotentialoculardisorders.