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The effect of parental history of myopia on eye size of pre-school children: a pilot study.

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Fan, DSP; Lam, DSC; Wong, TY; Islam, M; Saw, SM; Cheung, AYK; Chew, S
Published in: Acta Ophthalmol Scand
August 2005

PURPOSE: To evaluate parental history of myopia as a predictor of refractive error and eye size in Chinese pre-school children. METHODS: A total of 514 pre-school children (aged 2.3--6.4 years) were examined. Parental history of myopia, amount of near work performed, refractive status and ocular biometry were recorded. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in spherical equivalent refraction (SER) among children with no myopic parents (mean+0.94+/-0.05 D), one myopic parent (mean+0.77+- 0.07 D) and two myopic parents (mean+0.79+/- 0.12 D) (p=0.102) after controlling for age and amount of near work. Further, children with more myopic parents did not have longer eyeballs (p=0.335). CONCLUSIONS: In this study in Chinese pre-school children, parental history of myopia was not found to be associated with a myopic refractive error or increased eyeball length. Further studies with larger sample sizes would help to confirm these results.

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Acta Ophthalmol Scand

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ISSN

1395-3907

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

83

Issue

4

Start / End Page

492 / 496

Location

Denmark

Related Subject Headings

  • Pilot Projects
  • Parents
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Myopia
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hong Kong
  • Female
  • Family Health
  • Eye
 

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Fan, D. S. P., Lam, D. S. C., Wong, T. Y., Islam, M., Saw, S. M., Cheung, A. Y. K., & Chew, S. (2005). The effect of parental history of myopia on eye size of pre-school children: a pilot study. Acta Ophthalmol Scand, 83(4), 492–496. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00481.x
Fan, Dorothy S. P., Dennis S. C. Lam, Tien Yin Wong, Maksudul Islam, Seang Mei Saw, Albert Y. K. Cheung, and Sekjin Chew. “The effect of parental history of myopia on eye size of pre-school children: a pilot study.Acta Ophthalmol Scand 83, no. 4 (August 2005): 492–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00481.x.
Fan DSP, Lam DSC, Wong TY, Islam M, Saw SM, Cheung AYK, et al. The effect of parental history of myopia on eye size of pre-school children: a pilot study. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2005 Aug;83(4):492–6.
Fan, Dorothy S. P., et al. “The effect of parental history of myopia on eye size of pre-school children: a pilot study.Acta Ophthalmol Scand, vol. 83, no. 4, Aug. 2005, pp. 492–96. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00481.x.
Fan DSP, Lam DSC, Wong TY, Islam M, Saw SM, Cheung AYK, Chew S. The effect of parental history of myopia on eye size of pre-school children: a pilot study. Acta Ophthalmol Scand. 2005 Aug;83(4):492–496.
Journal cover image

Published In

Acta Ophthalmol Scand

DOI

ISSN

1395-3907

Publication Date

August 2005

Volume

83

Issue

4

Start / End Page

492 / 496

Location

Denmark

Related Subject Headings

  • Pilot Projects
  • Parents
  • Ophthalmology & Optometry
  • Myopia
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hong Kong
  • Female
  • Family Health
  • Eye