Prevalence, Characteristics, and Risk Factors of Moderate or High Hyperopia among Multiethnic Children 6 to 72 Months of Age: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Participant Data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the prevalence, ocular characteristics, and associated risk factors of moderate to high hyperopia in early childhood.

Design

Pooled analysis of individual participant data from population-based studies.

Participants

Six- to 72-month-old multiethnic children who participated in 4 population-based studies of pediatric eye diseases.

Methods

The pooled studies conducted comparable parental interviews and ocular examinations including cycloplegic autorefraction. Presence of hyperopia was defined based on cycloplegic refractive error in the worse eye. Multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the association of potential risk factors with hyperopia risk.

Main outcome measures

Prevalence and odds ratios of moderate to high hyperopia (

SUBMITTER: Jiang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6589395 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature