Astigmatism in 12 year old Australian children: Comparisons with a 6 year old population
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Huynh, Son C; Kifley, Annette; Rose, Kathryn A; Morgan, Ian; Mitchell, Paul
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PURPOSE. To study the distributions of refractive (RA), corneal (CA), and internal astigmatism (IA) in 12-year-old Australian children and to explore differences from previous findings in 6-year-old children. METHODS. Eligible year 7 students (2353/3144 [75.3%], median age, 12 years) from a random cluster sample of 21 high schools in Sydney, Australia, were examined by keratometry, cycloplegic autorefraction, and review of questionnaire data. RESULTS. Prevalence rates of RA, CA, and IA ≥1.0 D...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Huynh, Son C | |
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dc.contributor.author | Kifley, Annette | |
dc.contributor.author | Rose, Kathryn A | |
dc.contributor.author | Morgan, Ian | |
dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Paul | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:26:49Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1552-5783 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/53917 | |
dc.description.abstract | PURPOSE. To study the distributions of refractive (RA), corneal (CA), and internal astigmatism (IA) in 12-year-old Australian children and to explore differences from previous findings in 6-year-old children. METHODS. Eligible year 7 students (2353/3144 [75.3%], median age, 12 years) from a random cluster sample of 21 high schools in Sydney, Australia, were examined by keratometry, cycloplegic autorefraction, and review of questionnaire data. RESULTS. Prevalence rates of RA, CA, and IA ≥1.0 D in right eyes were 6.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.0-8.4), 26.6% (CI, 22.1-31.1), and 26.5% (CI, 22.9-30.0), respectively. RA was predominantly with-the-rule (WTR; 40.4%, CI, 32.6 to 48.2) and against-the-rule (ATR; 43.6%, CI, 35.7-51.5), CA was WTR (88.8%, CI, 86.3-91.3), and IA was ATR (90.2%, CI, 87.8-92.6). The girls had significantly greater CA and IA prevalence, with greater ATR astigmatism and lower oblique IA than did the boys. The European white-Australian children had lower CA prevalence than did the East Asian-Australian children and higher IA prevalence than did the South Asian-Australian children. Ethnic differences in RA prevalence were not significant, when adjusted for confounders. RA was more frequently ATR in European white than in other ethnic groups. Compensation between CA and IA reduced the magnitude of RA. Comparison with the data on 6-year-old children revealed minimal differences for all astigmatic components. CONCLUSIONS. There was a relatively low prevalence of RA, due to compensation between CA and IA. The minimal differences in all components of astigmatism between the two age cohorts suggest that astigmatism is stable between ages 6 and 12 years, although this conclusion needs to be confirmed in longitudinal studies. | |
dc.publisher | Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology | |
dc.source | Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | |
dc.subject | Keywords: age distribution; article; astigmatism; Australia; comparative study; controlled study; cornea; eye refraction; female; high school; human; keratometry; major clinical study; male; preschool child; prevalence; priority journal; questionnaire; school child | |
dc.title | Astigmatism in 12 year old Australian children: Comparisons with a 6 year old population | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 48 | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111303 - Vision Science | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9204316xPUB286 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Huynh, Son C, University of Sydney (Westmead) | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Kifley, Annette, University of Sydney | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Rose, Kathryn A, University of Sydney | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Morgan, Ian, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Mitchell, Paul, University of Sydney | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 73 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 82 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1167/iovs.06-0263 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-09T09:35:01Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-33846914258 | |
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