Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors for myopia in second-grade primary school children in Taipei: A population-based study
Author(s) -
Chih-Chien Hsu,
Nicole Huang,
Pei-Yu Lin,
DerChong Tsai,
Ching-Yao Tsai,
LinChung Woung,
Catherine Jui-Ling Liu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcma.2016.02.011
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , visual acuity , residence , odds , demography , optometry , eye examination , visual impairment , population , pediatrics , ophthalmology , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology
High myopia is associated with multiple ocular morbidities that may lead to irreversible blindness. Because high myopia in an adult is thought to be related to onset of myopia in very early childhood, detecting myopia early and working to improve modifiable risk factors may help reduce the development of high myopia. In this study, we tried to evaluate the prevalence of myopia and associated risk factors in second-grade primary school children in Taipei, Taiwan.
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