Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium

Williams, Katie; J. M. Verhoeven, Virginie; Cumberland, Phillippa; Bertelsen, Geir; Wolfram, Christian; H.S. Buitendijk, Gabriëlle; Hofman, Albert; M. van Duijn, Cornelia; R. Vingerling, Johannes; W. A. M. Kuijpers, Robert; Höhn, René; Mirshahi, Alireza; P. Khawaja, Anthony; Luben, Robert; Gran Erke, Maja; von Hanno, Therese; A. Mahroo, Omar; Hogg, Ruth; Gieger, Christian; Cougnard‐Grégoire, Audrey; Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios; Bron, A.; Dartigues, Jean-François; Korobelnik, Jean‐François; Creuzot‐Garcher, Catherine; Topouzis, Fotis; Delcourt, Cécile; S. Rahi, Jugnoo; Meitinger, Thomas; Fletcher, Astrid; J. Foster, Paul; Pfeiffer, Norbert; C. W. Klaver, Caroline; J. Hammond, Christopher

doi:10.1007/s10654-015-0010-0

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Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium

Published in European Journal of Epidemiology • Mar 17, 2015

Authors:

Katie Williams

Virginie J. M. Verhoeven

Phillippa Cumberland

Abstract

To estimate the prevalence of refractive error in adults across Europe. Refractive data (mean spherical equivalent) collected between 1990 and 2013 from fifteen population-based cohort and cross-sectional studies of the European Eye Epidemiology (E(3)) Consortium were combined in a random effects me...

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Refractive error

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