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Prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism in non-Hispanic white and Asian children: multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease study.


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the age-, gender-, and ethnicity-specific prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism in non-Hispanic white (NHW) and Asian preschool children.

Design

Population-based, cross-sectional study.

Participants

A population-based sample of 1501 NHW children and 1507 Asian children aged 6-72 months from Los Angeles County and Riverside County, California.

Methods

Eligible children underwent an in-home and in-clinic interview and a comprehensive eye examination including cycloplegic autorefraction from 100 census tracts.

Main outcome measures

The proportion of children with myopia (spherical equivalent [SE] ?-1.00 diopter [D]), hyperopia (SE ? +2.00 D) and cylindrical refractive error ?1.50 D in the worse eye. The astigmatism type was defined as with-the-rule (WTR; +cylinder axis 90°±15°) and against-the-rule (ATR; + cylinder axis 180°±15°); all other orientations were considered oblique (OBL).

Results

The prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism in NHW children was 1.20% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.76%-1.89%), 25.65% (95% CI, 23.5%-27.9%), and 6.33% (95% CI, 5.21%-7.68%), respectively. The prevalence of WTR, ATR, and OBL astigmatism in NHW children was 4.33%, 1.00%, and 1.00%, respectively. Prevalence was lower with older age groups for astigmatism (P = 0.0002), but not for myopia (P = 0.82) or hyperopia (P = 0.31). In Asian children, the prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism was 3.98% (95% CI, 3.11%-5.09%), 13.47% (95% CI, 11.8%-15.3%), and 8.29% (95% CI, 7.01%-9.80%), respectively. The prevalence of WTR, ATR, and OBL astigmatism was 6.50%, 0.80%, and 1.00% respectively. The prevalence of hyperopia was higher in girls than boys (P = 0.0002), but no differences were found for myopia and astigmatism.

Conclusions

Hyperopia was the most common refractive error in both Asian and NHW children. However, compared with NHW children, myopia was relatively more prevalent, and hyperopia less prevalent, among Asian children. The prevalence of astigmatism was greatest in infants, and WTR astigmatism predominated at all ages. Myopia showed relatively stable prevalence across age groups, whereas hyperopia prevalence decreased after infancy and then increased again in older age groups; however, longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate refractive changes over time in individual children.

Financial disclosure(s)

The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any of the materials discussed in this article.

SUBMITTER: Wen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902090 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism in non-Hispanic white and Asian children: multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease study.

Wen Ge G   Tarczy-Hornoch Kristina K   McKean-Cowdin Roberta R   Cotter Susan A SA   Borchert Mark M   Lin Jesse J   Kim Jeniffer J   Varma Rohit R  

Ophthalmology 20130814 10


<h4>Purpose</h4>To determine the age-, gender-, and ethnicity-specific prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism in non-Hispanic white (NHW) and Asian preschool children.<h4>Design</h4>Population-based, cross-sectional study.<h4>Participants</h4>A population-based sample of 1501 NHW children and 1507 Asian children aged 6-72 months from Los Angeles County and Riverside County, California.<h4>Methods</h4>Eligible children underwent an in-home and in-clinic interview and a comprehensive eye  ...[more]

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