Refractive Error in Children

Refractive error and ethnicity in children.

OBJECTIVE To report the baseline prevalence of refractive error in the study population. DESIGN A multicenter, longitudinal, observational study of refractive error and ocular development in children from 4 ethnic groups. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study population included 2523 children (534 African American, 491 Asian, 463 Hispanic, and 1035 white) in grades 1 to 8 (age, 5-17 years). Myopia...

Prevalence of refractive error in Singaporean Chinese children: the strabismus, amblyopia, and refractive error in young Singaporean Children (STARS) study.

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of refractive error types in Singaporean Chinese children aged 6 to 72 months. METHODS The Strabismus, Amblyopia and Refractive Error in Singaporean Children (STARS) is a population-based study in southwest Singapore. Door-to-door recruitment of participants was used, with disproportionate random sampling in 6-month increments. Parental questionnaires were ...

Refractive error in children in a rural population in India.

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 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. METHODS Random selection of village-based clusters was used to identify a sample of children 7 to 15 years of age. From April 2000 through February 2001, children in the 25 selected clust...

Refractive error in school children in Campinas, Brazil.

Ciliary body thickness and refractive error in children.

PURPOSE To determine whether ciliary body thickness (CBT) is related to refractive error in school-age children. METHODS Fifty-three children, 8 to 15 years of age, were recruited. CBT was measured from anterior segment OCT images (Visante; Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc., Dublin, CA) at 1 (CBT1), 2 (CBT2) and 3 (CBT3) mm posterior to the scleral spur. Cycloplegic refractive error was measured with ...