The Effect of Parental History of Myopia on Children's Eye Size

Zadnik, Karla; Satariano, William A.; Mutti, Donald O.; Sholtz, Robert I.; Adams, Anthony J.

doi:10.1001/jama.1994.03510410035029

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“…The association between longer AL and higher prevalence of parental myopia agrees with other population-based studies in which children with myopic parents had longer eyes than those with non-myopic parents after adjusting for other ocular and general parameters [3,22,23,24]. It remains unclear whether this finding points to a genetic background of myopia [25] or whether it is mostly due to a parent-associated environmental factor, in particular caused by the manner of education of the children.…”

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Axial Length and Associated Factors in Children: The Shandong Children Eye Study

Wu²,

Xiang³

et al. 2016

Ophthalmologica

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Purpose: To investigate ocular axial length (AL) in Chinese children. Methods: The Shandong Children Eye Study included 6,364 children aged 4-18 years. Results: Longer AL (mean 23.45 ± 1.20 mm, range 18.80-28.59 mm) was associated (multivariate analysis; correlation coefficient r²: 0.61) with older age (p < 0.001, standardized correlation coefficient β = 0.35, unstandardized regression coefficient B = 0.13, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.12, 0.15), male gender (p < 0.001, β = -0.24, B = -0.10, 95% CI -0.29, -0.19), urban region (p < 0.001, β = 0.10, B = 0.25, 95% CI 0.20, 0.31), body height (p < 0.001, β = 0.22, B = 0.02, 95% CI 0.01, 0.02), maternal education (p < 0.001, β = 0.07, B = 0.07, 95% CI 0.05, 0.10), paternal myopia (p < 0.001, β = 0.09, B = 0.26, 95% CI 0.20, 0.33), maternal myopia (p < 0.001, β = 0.08, B = 0.23, 95% CI 0.17, 0.30), more time spent indoors reading/writing (p < 0.001, β = 0.05, B = 0.03, 95% CI 0.02, 0.04), less time spent outdoors (p = 0.005, β = -0.03, B = -0.01, 95% CI -0.02, -0.003), longer corneal curvature radius (p < 0.001, β = 0.36, B = 1.63, 95% CI 1.53, 1.74) and higher intraocular pressure (p = 0.008, β = 0.03, B = 0.01, 95% CI 0.004, 0.02). High axial myopia (AL ≥26.0 mm) present in 202 children (3.4 ± 0.2%, 95% CI 2.92, 3.84) was associated with less time spent outdoors (p = 0.002, odds ratio 0.92, 95% CI 0.87, 0.97) in multivariate analysis. Conclusions: In children in the less developed Eastern Chinese province of Shandong, the prevalence of high axial myopia was >10% among 16-year-olds. A modifiable factor associated with higher prevalence of high axial myopia was less time spent outdoors.

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confidence: 89%

Axial Length and Associated Factors in Children: The Shandong Children Eye Study

Wu²,

Xiang³

et al. 2016

Ophthalmologica

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“…[27][28][29][30] In a previous study 21 of consecutive outpatients, as in the present study, we also found that family history of myopia was significantly associated with adultonset myopia. No difference was found in the present sample between the prevalence of family history of myopia in youthand adult-onset myopes (Table 1), so they both share this risk factor.…”

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confidence: 86%

Age of lens use onset in a myopic sample of office-workers

Iribarren

Cerrella²,

Armesto³

et al. 2004

Current Eye Research

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“…3,4,9 The potential advantage of using questionnaires in a general population with a relatively low prevalence of myopia to determine refractive error type is cost-effective, 10 though it is likely to be offset by some degree of misclassification. There are no good validation data on the sensitivity and specificity of using questionnaire information against spectacle prescriptions as the gold standard.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A questionnaire to determine refractive error based on spectacle use was devised by Zadnik et al 4 and used in the Orinda Longitudinal Study of Myopia (OLSM). The questionnaire asked respondents about the age at first spectacle use and the purpose of spectacle use, such as for far distance viewing, for near work, or for both far distance and near work.…”

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confidence: 99%