Risk of major myopia-associated non-communicable ocular health disorders in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the differential association of myopia with major non-communicable ocular diseases in an African clinical cohort.

Methods

A five-year hospital-based retrospective study of myopia cases. Patients' folders, Optical Coherence Tomography scans, and fundus photographs were reviewed for the abstraction of relevant data. Only records that employed recognized standards and classification systems for diagnosing and staging the various ocular conditions were included. Demographic characteristics, non-cycloplegic objective refractive findings, and non-communicable eye diseases were retrieved from the records. Myopia-associated risk factors were then determined using logistic regression and correlation.

Results

Some 16018 patients (32027 eyes) met the inclusio

SUBMITTER: Kyei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10795978 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature