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

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the risk factors associated with hyperopia and myopia among children 6 to 72 months of age.

Design

Population-based cross-sectional study.

Participants

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

Methods

Participants were preschool African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white children (n = 9770) from Los Angeles, California, and Baltimore, Maryland. Parental questionnaires and a comprehensive eye examination were administered. Demographic, behavioral, and clinical risk factors associated with hyperopia (≥2.00 diopters [D]) and myopia (≤-1.00 D) were determined.

Main outcome measures

Odds ratios (ORs) for risk factors associated with myopia and hype

SUBMITTER: Borchert MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3186878 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature