Prevalence and Characteristics of Myopic Degeneration in an Adult Chinese American Population: The Chinese American Eye Study.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:To characterize and provide population-based prevalence estimates of myopic degeneration (MD) among Chinese Americans, the fastest-growing minority population in the United States in the last decade. DESIGN:Population-based, cross-sectional study. METHODS:A total of 1523 Chinese-American adults with myopia, aged 50 years and older, residing in the city of Monterey Park, California, underwent an interview and comprehensive eye examination, including subjective and objective refraction and stereoscopic fundus photography. For each participant, the eye with the worse myopic refractive error was included in this analysis. MD was assessed in a masked manner by an expert grader. RESULTS:The prevalence of any MD was 44.9% among myopic subjects, based on the presence of any degenerative le

SUBMITTER: Choudhury F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5837945 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature