Refractive Error in Urban and Rural Adult Chinese in Beijing

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 112; no. 10; pp. 1676 - 1683
• Main Authors: Xu, Liang, Li, Jianjun, Cui, Tongtong, Hu, Ailian, Fan, Guizhi, Zhang, Rongxiu, Yang, Hua, Sun, Baochen, Jonas, Jost B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; China - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Ophthalmology; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Refractive Errors - epidemiology; Rural Population - statistics & numerical data; Sex Distribution; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; Vision disorders; Asia; China; Human; Eye disease; Rural environment; Urban environment; Vision disorder; Refractive error; Rural area; Adult; Chinese; Urban area; Ophthalmology

To evaluate refractive error and its demographic associations in an urban and rural population in northern China. Epidemiological study. The Beijing Eye Study is a population-based cohort study in northern China including 4439 subjects. Excluding pseudophakic and aphakic patients, the present study...