Annual Incidences and Progressions of Myopia and High Myopia in Chinese Schoolchildren Based on a 5-Year Cohort Study

• Published in: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Vol. 63; no. 1; p. 8
• Main Authors: Li, Shi-Ming, Wei, Shifei, Atchison, David A., Kang, Meng-Tian, Liu, Luoru, Li, He, Li, Siyuan, Yang, Zhou, Wang, Yipeng, Zhang, Fengju, Wang, Ningli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 06.01.2022
• Subjects: Asians - statistics & numerical data; Biometry; Child; China - epidemiology; Clinical and Epidemiologic Research; Cohort Studies; Disease Progression; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Male; Myopia - diagnosis; Myopia - epidemiology; Myopia, Degenerative - diagnosis; Myopia, Degenerative - epidemiology; Prevalence; Refraction, Ocular - physiology; Risk Factors; Students; Vision Tests; China

To determine the annual incidences and rates of progression of myopia and high myopia in Chinese schoolchildren from grade 1 to grade 6 and explore the possible cause-specific risk factors for myopia. From 11 randomly selected primary schools in Anyang city, central China, 2835 grade 1 students were...