School grades and myopia
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Saw, Seang-Mei; Cheng, Angela; Fong, Allan; Gazzard, Gus; Tan, Donald T H; Morgan, Ian
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Aim: To evaluate the association between school performance and myopia in Singapore children. Methods: Children aged 10-12 years from two schools in the Singapore Cohort study Of the Risk factors for Myopia (SCORM) were included. Results of a Year 4 standard nation-wide examination were obtained. Cycloplegic autorefraction and A-scan ultrasound biometry measurements were performed in the schools. Results: The odds ratio for myopia (defined as right eye spherical equivalent at least -0.5 D) was...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Saw, Seang-Mei | |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheng, Angela | |
dc.contributor.author | Fong, Allan | |
dc.contributor.author | Gazzard, Gus | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, Donald T H | |
dc.contributor.author | Morgan, Ian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:27:05Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0275-5408 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/54041 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aim: To evaluate the association between school performance and myopia in Singapore children. Methods: Children aged 10-12 years from two schools in the Singapore Cohort study Of the Risk factors for Myopia (SCORM) were included. Results of a Year 4 standard nation-wide examination were obtained. Cycloplegic autorefraction and A-scan ultrasound biometry measurements were performed in the schools. Results: The odds ratio for myopia (defined as right eye spherical equivalent at least -0.5 D) was 2.5 (95% confidence interval 1.4-4.5) for children with average school examination scores in the fourth quartile compared with the first, after adjusting for confounders including reading in books per week and IQ test scores. Similar significant associations were found for English language (p = 0.001) and native language school examination scores (p < 0.001), while the associations with mathematics school examination scores were of borderline significance (p = 0.055). Conclusion: School grades, a possible indicator of either cumulative engagement in near work activity or intelligence, were positively associated with myopia in Singapore children. | |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | |
dc.source | Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics | |
dc.subject | Keywords: A scan; academic achievement; accommodation paralysis; article; biomicroscopy; confidence interval; confounding variable; controlled study; eye refraction; female; human; intelligence test; major clinical study; male; mathematics; myopia; priority journal Academic achievement; Epidemiology; Myopia; Refractive error; Singapore | |
dc.title | School grades and myopia | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 27 | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 111303 - Vision Science | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u9204316xPUB289 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Saw, Seang-Mei, National University of Singapore | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Cheng, Angela, Singapore Eye Research Institute | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Fong, Allan, Singapore National Eye Centre | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gazzard, Gus, Institute of Ophthalmology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Tan, Donald T H, National University of Singapore | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Morgan, Ian, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 126 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 129 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00455.x | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-09T09:37:46Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-33847229143 | |
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