Age of onset of myopia predicts risk of high myopia in later childhood in myopic Singapore children

Purpose To investigate the effect of age of myopia onset on the severity of myopia later in life among myopic children. Methods In this prospective study, school children aged 7–9 years from the Singapore Cohort Of the Risk factors for Myopia (SCORM) were followed up till 11 years (n = 928). Age of...

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Published in:	Ophthalmic & physiological optics Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 388 - 394
Main Authors:	Chua, Sharon Y. L., Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Cheung, Yin-Bun, Chia, Audrey, Valenzuela, Robert K., Tan, Donald, Wong, Tien-Yin, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Saw, Seang-Mei
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2016
Subjects:	age of myopia onset Age of Onset axial length Child children Disease Progression Female Follow-Up Studies high myopia Humans Incidence Male myopia Myopia - diagnosis Myopia - epidemiology Myopia - physiopathology Odds Ratio Prevalence Prognosis Prospective Studies Refraction, Ocular Risk Factors Severity of Illness Index Singapore - epidemiology spherical equivalent Surveys and Questionnaires myopia age of myopia onset axial length high myopia children spherical equivalent
ISSN:	0275-5408, 1475-1313, 1475-1313
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