Myopia Progression Rates in Urban Children Wearing Single‐Vision Spectacles

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Authors

Leslie A. Donovan · Brien Holden Vision Institute

Padmaja Sankaridurg · Brien Holden Vision Institute

Arthur Ho · Brien Holden Vision Institute

Thomas Naduvilath · Brien Holden Vision Institute

Earl Smith · Vision Cooperative Research Centre

Brien A. Holden · Brien Holden Vision Institute

Abstract

In children wearing single-vision spectacles, higher myopia progression rates were found in urban Asians compared with urban populations of predominantly European descent. Younger children and females demonstrated greater annual rates of progression of myopia.

Topics & Keywords

Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Visual perception and processing mechanisms Corneal surgery and disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: Optometry and Vision Science

Volume 89, Issue 1, pp. 27-32

DOI: 10.1097/opx.0b013e3182357f79

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