Ocular dimensions and refractive power in Malay and Melanesian children

A cross-sectional study of 753 Melanesian children in Vanuatu and 904 Malay children in Malaysia included measurement of refractive error and ocular dimensions. All children were between the ages of 6 and 17 years. The prevalence of myopia in Malay children was 4.3% at 7-8 years and 25.6% at 15-16 y...

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Published inOphthalmic & physiological optics Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 234
Main Authors Garner, L F, Meng, C K, Grosvenor, T P, Mohidin, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.07.1990
Subjects
Adolescent
Age Factors
Anthropometry
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Eye - pathology
Female
Humans
Hyperopia - epidemiology
Malaysia
Male
Myopia - epidemiology
Refractive Errors - ethnology
Refractive Errors - pathology
Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Malaysia
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Summary:A cross-sectional study of 753 Melanesian children in Vanuatu and 904 Malay children in Malaysia included measurement of refractive error and ocular dimensions. All children were between the ages of 6 and 17 years. The prevalence of myopia in Malay children was 4.3% at 7-8 years and 25.6% at 15-16 years with corresponding figures of 0.8% and 4.3% for Melanesian children. The range of refractive error was greater for Malay children at all ages. Mean refractive error for Malay children showed greater hypermetropia, together with a shorter axial length at 6 years, than Melanesian children, but at 17 years the situation reversed and Malay children had more myopia and longer axial lengths than their Melanesian counterparts.
ISSN:0275-5408
1475-1313
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-1313.1990.tb00857.x