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Changes of Refraction in Schoolchildren
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The refractions of 1,118 children, aged 7 to 15 years, were followed for one to eight years; 260 children were hyperopic and 828 were myopic throughout the observation time. Thirty additional hyperopic children became myopic during follow-up. In the cross-sectional study, the mean annual change of refraction in hyperopic children varied from -0.03 to -0.11 diopters in different age groups. In myopic children, the variation was from -0.46 to -0.93 D. In the longitudinal follow-up study (from five to eight years), the mean annual change of refraction in hyperopic children was -0.12 D compared with -0.55 D in myopic children. The mean annual change in the 30 hyperopic children who became myopic was -0.21 D while hyperopic and -0.60 D while myopic. The difference is highly significant. It clearly shows that the changes of refraction in hyperopic schoolchildren occur much more slowly than in myopic children of the same age.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mantyjarvi, M. I.
- Venue
- Archives of Ophthalmology
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1985-06-01
- Volume
- 103
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 790-792
- ISSN
- 0003-9950 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2036297573
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Ophthalmology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Human Health and Disease
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Keywords
- refractive error, myopia, hyperopia, elementary school students, myopia progression, longitudinal follow-up
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Child, Eye, Female, Humans, Hyperopia, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Myopia, Refraction, Ocular, Retrospective Studies
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