Incidence of and Factors Associated With Myopia and High Myopia in Chinese Children, Based on Refraction Without Cycloplegia

K. Wang, Sean; Guo, Yangfeng; Liao, Chimei; Chen, Yanxian; Su, Guangxing; Zhang, Guohui; Zhang, Lei; He, Mingguang

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.2658

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Incidence of and Factors Associated With Myopia and High Myopia in Chinese Children, Based on Refraction Without Cycloplegia

Published in JAMA Ophthalmology • Jul 6, 2018

Authors:

Sean K. Wang

Yangfeng Guo

Chimei Liao

Abstract

Importance: Myopia has reached epidemic levels among children in regions of East and Southeast Asia. High myopia is associated with myopic macular degeneration, glaucoma, and retinal detachment. Objective: To determine the incidence of myopia and high myopia based on refraction without cycloplegia a...

Subject

Cycloplegia

Medicine

Dioptre

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