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Frontiers in PhysiologyBackground: Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) increases significantly at high altitudes, and is associated with the presence and severity of acute mountain sickness (AMS). Exposure to hypobaria, hypoxia, and coldness when hiking also impacts intraocular
Ta-Wei Wang +17 more
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Prevalence and incidence of myopia and high myopia among children and adolescents in Qingdao, China (2022–2024): a longitudinal study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthPurpose Myopia has emerged as a major global public health concern, especially among children and adolescents in China. This study assessed the prevalence and incidence of myopia and high myopia among school-aged children in Qingdao, examining ...
Farheen Tariq +5 more
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Community Eye Health Journal, 2019 High myopia increases the risk of blinding eye conditions, so regular follow-up is essential.
Katie Williams, Christopher Hammond
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Prevalence and distribution of low and high myopia in Mexican outpatients: a nationwide cross-sectional clinic-based study [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundMyopia is a global public health concern and a leading cause of distance vision impairment, affecting mainly children and young adults. Although several studies have reported myopia prevalence in Mexico, recent nationwide data, especially ...
José Antonio Magaña-Lizárraga +10 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Purpose: To investigate the distributions of the ocular anterior and posterior segment lengths among a cataract surgical population in Shanghai.Design: Cross-sectional study.Methods: Ocular biometric parameters of 23,462 eyes of 23,462 cataract surgery ...
Jiao Qi +34 more
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MedComm – Future Medicine, 2023 This study aimed to investigate the awareness of high and pathological myopia among patients with high myopia. A cross‐sectional multicenter survey involving both physicians and patients was conducted between February and April 2021.
Jing Zhao +11 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 SignificanceHigher prevalence of myopia is possibly associated with more extended schooling schedules. Therefore, adjustments to high school curricula may aid in reducing the prevalence of myopia among adolescents.PurposeTo investigate the prevalence of ...
Yang Liu +6 more
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Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022 Objective To explore the impact of parental myopia on their children′s risk of myopia and to provide evidences for developing measures on myopia prevention and control in school-age children.MethodsUsing cluster random sampling, we recruited 3 433 ...
Qian LI, Sheng ZHANG, Ci-yong LU
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Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 Purpose. The present study investigated the risk factors for high myopia in adulthood, with a focus on the age at which children wore their first spectacles. Methods. Adults aged between 20 and 45 years were invited to complete a questionnaire about age,
Wei-Yu Chiang +4 more
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Ocular Refraction at Birth and Its Development During the First Year of Life in a Large Cohort of Babies in a Single Center in Northern Italy [PDF]
, 2020 The purpose of this study was to investigate refraction at birth and during the first year of life in a large cohort of babies born in a single center in Northern Italy.
Bartollino S. +7 more
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