Changes of the ocular refraction among freshmen in National Taiwan University between 1988 and 2005

Wang, T. J.; Chiang, Ting-Hsuan; Wang, T. H.; Lin, Li-Chun; Shih, Yung‐Feng

doi:10.1038/eye.2008.184

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“…Comparing our results with other similar reports, Wang et al [21] It is well established that other anatomical parameters are correlated with parents and children, including height, weight, eye color, and body build. These well-known inherited traits are frequently observed among the N = 34 families (data not reported here).…”

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Refraction data survey: 2nd generation correlation of myopia

Greene¹,

Medina

2016

Int Ophthalmol

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The objective herein is to provide refraction data, myopia progression rate, prevalence, and 1st and 2nd generation correlations, relevant to whether myopia is random or inherited. First-and secondgeneration ocular refraction data are assembled from N = 34 families, average of 2.8 children per family. From this group, data are available from N = 165 subjects. Inter-generation regressions are performed on all the data sets, including correlation coefficient r, and myopia prevalence [%]. Prevalence of myopia is

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confidence: 89%

Refraction data survey: 2nd generation correlation of myopia

Greene¹,

Medina

2016

Int Ophthalmol

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“…3 The prevalence of myopia is rising dramatically, reaching 70-80% in many East Asian countries and B25-40% in Western countries; [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] and high myopia (defined as greater than À 6.00D) ranges from 6.8 to 38% in Asia. 8,[12][13][14][15] In the United States, myopia has doubled in the last 30 years 6 and the prevalence of myopia over 8.00D has risen eightfold. In China where there are B216 million individuals in the age range of 15-24 years 16 and with a prevalence of myopia in young adults aged 15-25 years of over 75%, it is estimated that there are at least 160 million young myopes and 16 million with myopia over À 6.0D.…”

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Myopia, an underrated global challenge to vision: where the current data takes us on myopia control

Holden

Sankaridurg

Smith

et al. 2013

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Myopia is the most frequent cause of distance impairment in the world and is creating an alarming global epidemic with deleterious ramifications for the quality of life and economic health of individuals and nations as a whole. In addition to being immediately disadvantageous, myopia increases the risk of serious disorders such as myopic macular degeneration, retinal detachment, glaucoma, and cataract and is a leading cause of visual impairment and blindness across many countries. The reduction in age of onset of myopia is of great concern since the earlier the onset, the more myopic the individual will become, with all the attendant increased risks of accompanying debilitating eye conditions. The economic burden is great; both in consequences of uncorrected refractive error and also in the provision of devices for correcting visual acuity. Earlier onset of myopia increases the lifetime economic burden related to loss of productivity and independence, leading to a reduced quality of life. Recent data suggest addressing accommodation per se has little direct amelioration of myopia progression. Pharmacological interventions that effect changes in the sclera show promising efficacy, whereas optical interventions based on a myopic shift in the retinal image are proving to effect up to 55% reduction in the rate of progression of myopia. Early contact lens and spectacle interventions that reduce the rate of progression of myopia are able to significantly reduce the burden of myopia. These nonpharmacological interventions show profound promise in reducing the overall associated morbidity of myopia.

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“…23 In addition, the prevalence of myopia in freshmen at National Taiwan University reached 91.3% in 2005. 24 Whether the increasing prevalence of myopia would lead a commensurate reduction in the prevalence of PACG in the East Asian population remains unclear. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have been performed to examine the impact of increased rates of myopia on the prevalence of angle closure in the population perspective.…”

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Does Myopia Affect Angle Closure Prevalence

Jin

Ding

Guo

et al. 2015

Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci.

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PURPOSE. To conduct a simulation study to estimate the prevalence of occludable angle (OA), a surrogate for primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), with the increased rate of myopia in the Chinese population. METHODS.People with phakic eyes in Liwan Eye Study were included as the study sample. Anterior chamber depth (ACD) was measured before dilation by A-mode ultrasound and OA was evaluated with static gonioscopy. Random sampling was used to generate 50 cohorts with sample size of 200 for each of myopic rates 10%, 20%, 40%, 50%, and 135 for myopic rate 60%, according to the multinomial distribution. The mean ACD and OA rates of each cohort were calculated. Logistic function model of nonlinear least-squares estimation was used to predict the prevalence of OA.RESULTS. Data of the right eyes from 1160 subjects were qualified for analysis. The mean age was 64.2 6 9.5 years, with 43% being male. The prevalence of myopia and OA was 32.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 29.8%-35.3%) and 10.3% (95% CI, 8.7%-12.2%), respectively. The mean ACD in the sampling cohorts increased from 2.68 mm to 2.74 mm when the prevalence of myopia increased from 10% to 60%. The projected prevalence of OA in the cohorts with myopia prevalence of 10%, 20%, 40%, 50%, and 60% was 11.1% (95% CI, 10.5%-11.8%), 10.7% (95% CI, 10.1%-11.4%), 9.9% (95% CI, 9.3%-10.5%), 9.3% (95% CI, 8.8%-9.9%), and 9.6% (95% CI, 8.9-10.3%), respectively.CONCLUSIONS. The increasing prevalence of myopia has minimal impact on the prevalence of OA.

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Changes of the ocular refraction among freshmen in National Taiwan University between 1988 and 2005

Cited by 80 publications

References 3 publications

Refraction data survey: 2nd generation correlation of myopia

Refraction data survey: 2nd generation correlation of myopia

Myopia, an underrated global challenge to vision: where the current data takes us on myopia control

Does Myopia Affect Angle Closure Prevalence

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