Prevalence and risk factor for refractive error in rural Chinese adults in Kailu, Inner Mongolia

Prevalence and risk factor for refractive error in rural Chinese adults in Kailu, Inner Mongolia

Purpose To investigate the prevalence of refractive error in adults 40 years of age and older in Kailu, Inner Mongolia. Methods A population‐based, cross‐sectional study was conducted in Chinese adults. Spherical equivalent (S.E.) refractive error was determined from the right eye. Myopia and hypero...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ophthalmic & physiological optics 2021-01, Vol.41 (1), p.13-20
Hauptverfasser: Cheng, Fang, Shan, Li, Song, Wulian, Fan, Pan, Zhang, Lijuan, Wang, Xinyu, Yuan, Huiping
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Sprache:eng
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Age
Astigmatism
Clinical significance
Environmental factors
Epidemiology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Myopia
older adults
Ophthalmology
Population studies
prevalence
refractive error
Risk factors
Rural populations
Science & Technology
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose To investigate the prevalence of refractive error in adults 40 years of age and older in Kailu, Inner Mongolia. Methods A population‐based, cross‐sectional study was conducted in Chinese adults. Spherical equivalent (S.E.) refractive error was determined from the right eye. Myopia and hyperopia were defined as a spherical equivalent (S.E.) 0.5 D, respectively. Since the prevalence of high myopia will vary with the precise criterion chosen, the prevalence of this condition was calculated for thresholds of both 1.0 D. Results The prevalence of myopia, high myopia (
ISSN:0275-5408
1475-1313
DOI:10.1111/opo.12745