Analysis of components of total astigmatism in infants and young children

The prevalence of
astigmatism found in this population of newlyborn
infants and young children was relatively high,
primarily corneal, and WTR astigmatism with high
prevalence of oblique astigmatism. LA was much less
than previous reports (mean = -0.0044 D), associated
with more hyperopic eyes and eyes with high TA.
The data suggest that a compensatory process exists
between CA and LA to decrease the amount of TA.