Purpose The aim of the study was a systematic review of refractive errors across the world
according to the WHO regions. Methods To extract articles on the prevalence of refractive …

Myopia is not a simple refractive error, but an eyesight-threatening disease. There is a high
prevalence of myopia, 80% to 90%, in young adults in East Asia; myopia has become the …

Citation information: Pan C‐W, Ramamurthy D & Saw S‐M. Worldwide prevalence and risk
factors for myopia. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2012, 32, 3‐16. doi: 10.1111/j. 1475‐1313.2011 …

With the growing prevalence of myopia, already at epidemic levels in some countries, there
is an urgent need for new management approaches. However, with the increasing number …

Methods We searched PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science from their inception through
September 2013 for population-based surveys reporting the prevalence of myopia in adults …

Introduction: To determine time trends in myopia over a 20-year period in Taiwan, we
conducted 5 nationwide surveys pertaining to the ocular refraction of schoolchildren in 1983 …

The myopia epidemic in Asia is evident because the prevalence of high myopia among
young adults is higher among Asian (6.8%–21.6%) compared with non-Asian populations …

Myopia is of diverse aetiology. A small proportion of myopia is clearly familial, generally
early in onset and of high level, with defined chromosomal localisations and in some cases …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of refractive errors associated with age, gender, and
central corneal thickness and to evaluate astigmatism in the refraction and keratometry in a …

Purpose: Although there are approximately 200 million people of Malay ethnicity living in
Asia, the burden and risk factors of blinding eye diseases in this ethnic group are unknown …