[Analysis of anthropometry on head and eye for stipulating of children's spectacle frames].

Objective: To investigate the normal value of six parameters of head and eye in Chinese children, including interorbit distance (IOD), interpupillary distance (IPD), superior otobasion-ectocochion distance (obs-ec), intersuperior otobasion distance (obs-obs), exophthalmos and nasal basis angle, for stipulating the sizes of children spectacle frames.

Methods: The value of these six parameters in 10 171 children ages 5 to 17 years old were measured with caliper in four cities and the results were analyzed.

Results: The IOD, IPD, obs-ec and obs-obs were increased and positively correlated with the age.