Risk factors for astigmatism in preschool children: the multi-ethnic pediatric eye disease and Baltimore pediatric eye disease studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate risk factors for astigmatism in a population-based sample of preschool children.

Design

Population-based cross-sectional study.

Participants

Population-based samples of 9970 children ages 6 to 72 months from Los Angeles County, California, and Baltimore, Maryland.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of children participating in the Multiethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study and the Baltimore Eye Disease Study was completed. Data were obtained by clinical examination or by in-person interview. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to evaluate potential associations between clinical, behavioral, or demographic factors and astigmatism.

Main outcome measures

Odds ratios (ORs) for various risk factors associated with ast

SUBMITTER: McKean-Cowdin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3186875 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature