Ocular dimensions and refractive power in Malay and Melanesian children

• Published in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 234
• Main Authors: Garner, L F, Meng, C K, Grosvenor, T P, Mohidin, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...