Baseline factors associated with myopia progression and axial elongation over 30 months in children 5 to 12 years of age

KK Weise, MX Repka, Y Zhu, RE Manny… - Optometry and Vision …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE This study aimed to identify baseline factors associated with greater myopia
progression and axial elongation in children with myopia. METHODS This study performed a …

[HTML][HTML] Developing a Polygenic Risk Score with Age and Sex to Identify High-Risk Myopia in Taiwan

HJ Lin, YT Huang, WL Liao, YC Huang, YW Chang… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Myopia is the leading cause of impaired vision, and its prevalence is increasing among
Asian populations. This study aimed to develop a polygenic risk score (PRS) followed by …

[HTML][HTML] A Mathematical Model for Axial Length Estimation in a Myopic Pediatric Population Based on Easily Obtainable Variables

V Noya-Padin, N Nores-Palmas, A Castro-Giraldez… - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Determining the axial length (AL) of the eye is of significant interest in the management of
myopia. However, the devices that allow this value to be obtained are either expensive, for …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding Myopia and Its Prevalence

National Academies of Sciences … - … , and Treatment of an …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This chapter establishes the significance of myopia by examining prevalence throughout the
world and in the United States. It also examines how myopia is defined and measured …