Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.04.040
Title: Refractive Errors in a Rural Chinese Adult Population. The Handan Eye Study
Authors: Liang, Y.B.
Yang, X.H.
Xiong, Y.
Wang, N.L.
Sun, L.P.
Wong, T.Y. 
Wang, J.J.
Tao, Q.S.
Friedman, D.S.
Issue Date: 2009
Citation: Liang, Y.B., Yang, X.H., Xiong, Y., Wang, N.L., Sun, L.P., Wong, T.Y., Wang, J.J., Tao, Q.S., Friedman, D.S. (2009). Refractive Errors in a Rural Chinese Adult Population. The Handan Eye Study. Ophthalmology 116 (11) : 2119-2127. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.04.040
Abstract: Purpose: To describe the prevalence of and risk factors for myopia and other refractive errors in a rural, adult, Chinese population. Design: Population-based, cross-sectional study. Participants: A clustered, random sampling procedure was used to select 7557 Chinese people aged ≥30 years from Handan, China. Methods: All eligible subjects were invited to undergo a comprehensive eye examination, including standardized refraction. Myopia, high myopia, and hyperopia were defined as a spherical equivalent (SE) in the right eye of more than -0.5 diopter (D), less than -5.0 D, and 0.5 D or more, respectively. Astigmatism was less than -0.5 D of cylinder. Anisometropia was defined as a difference in SE of >1.0 D between the 2 eyes. Only phakic eyes were analyzed. Main Outcome Measures: Myopia and other refractive errors. Results: We included 6491 (85.9% participation rate) eligible subjects in this study. Adjusted to the 2000 China population census, the prevalence rate of myopia was 26.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 25.6-27.8), hyperopia 15.9 % (95% CI, 15.0-16.8), astigmatism 24.5% (95% CI, 23.5-25.5), and anisometropia 7.7% (95% CI, 7.0-8.4). The prevalence of high myopia was 1.8% (95% CI, 1.5-2.1). Using a multivariate regression model, current smoking (odds ratio [OR], 0.7, 95% CI, 0.5-0.9), hours of reading (OR, 1.2; 95% CI, 1.1-1.4), diabetes (OR, 8.4; 95% CI, 2.2-32.5), and number of family members with myopia (OR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.1-1.7, for each family member) were associated with myopia in younger persons (30-49 years). High school or higher education (OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.1-3.1), diabetes (OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2-2.7), nuclear opacity (OR, 1.7; 95% CI, 1.2-2.3), and number of family members with myopia (OR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.2-1.9) were risk factors in persons ≥50 years of age. Conclusions: Myopia affects more than one quarter of rural Chinese persons ≥30 years of age. Myopia is more common in younger people and is associated with different risk factors than in older people. Financial Disclosure(s): The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article. © 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Source Title: Ophthalmology
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/26446
ISSN: 01616420
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.04.040
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