Association of Age at Myopia Onset With Risk of High Myopia in Adulthood in a 12-Year Follow-up of a Chinese Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Early-onset myopia is well known to progress to high myopia in adulthood. However, no accurate estimation of how a specific age at myopia onset is associated with the probability of developing high myopia in adulthood is available, and a very-long-term follow-up study with data from annual visits is needed.

Objective

To estimate the risk of developing high myopia in adulthood associated with a specific age at myopia onset from a data set with a 12-year annual follow-up.

Design, setting, and participants

This ongoing, population-based prospective cohort study of twins was conducted in Guangzhou, China, on July 11, 2006. Data from baseline to August 31, 2018, were analyzed. The first-born twins completed follow-up until 17 years or older, and the 443 particip

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499247 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature