Risk factor analysis provides an important basis for developing interventions for any
condition. In the case of myopia, evidence for a large number of risk factors has been …

There is an epidemic of myopia in East and Southeast Asia, with the prevalence of myopia in
young adults around 80–90%, and an accompanying high prevalence of high myopia in …

The aim of this review was to quantify the global variation in childhood myopia prevalence
over time taking account of demographic and study design factors. A systematic review …

Myopia is of diverse aetiology. A small proportion of myopia is clearly familial, generally
early in onset and of high level, with defined chromosomal localisations and in some cases …

purpose. To assess the prevalence of refractive error and related visual impairment in
school-aged children in an urban population in New Delhi, India. methods. Random …

Methods Counts of persons with phakic eyes with and without spherical equivalent refractive
error in the worse eye of+ 3 diopters (D) or greater,-1 D or less, and-5 D or less were …

purpose. To assess the prevalence of refractive error and related visual impairment in
school-aged children in the rural population of the Mahabubnagar district in the southern …

Objectives To evaluate the personal and community burdens of uncorrected presbyopia.
Methods We used multiple population-based surveys to estimate the global presbyopia …

Recent data suggest that a large number of people are blind in different parts of the world
due to high refractive error because they are not using appropriate refractive correction …

purpose. To determine the current prevalence and causes of blindness in the Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh to assess if blindness has decreased since the last survey of 1986–1989 …