IMI risk factors for myopia

IG Morgan, PC Wu, LA Ostrin… - … & visual science, 2021 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Risk factor analysis provides an important basis for developing interventions for any
condition. In the case of myopia, evidence for a large number of risk factors has been …

Update and guidance on management of myopia. European Society of Ophthalmology in cooperation with International Myopia Institute

J Németh, B Tapasztó, WA Aclimandos… - European Journal …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The prevalence of myopia is increasing extensively worldwide. The number of people with
myopia in 2020 is predicted to be 2.6 billion globally, which is expected to rise up to 4.9 …

[HTML][HTML] China turns to school reform to control the myopia epidemic: a narrative review

IG Morgan, CL Jan - Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 - Elsevier
Myopia is now a major public health issue in parts of East and Southeast Asia, including
mainland China. In this region, around 80% of students completing 12 years of school …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of blindness and vision loss due to common eye diseases along with its attributable risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a …

X Yang, H Chen, T Zhang, X Yin, J Man, Q He… - Aging (albany …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To map the magnitudes and temporal trends of blindness and vision loss (BVL) due to
common eye diseases along with its attributable risk factors at the national, regional, and …

Open schools! Weighing the effects of viruses and lockdowns on children

M Spitzer - Trends in neuroscience and education, 2021 - Elsevier
This review weighs the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 against the side effects of school
closures on physical and mental health, education, and well-being of those affected by the …

Risk factors for myopia: A review

N Martínez-Albert, I Bueno-Gimeno… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to the myopia prevalence increase worldwide, this study aims to establish the most
relevant risk factors associated with its development and progression. A review search was …

Education interacts with genetic variants near GJD2, RBFOX1, LAMA2, KCNQ5 and LRRC4C to confer susceptibility to myopia

R Clark, A Pozarickij, PG Hysi, K Ohno-Matsui… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Myopia most often develops during school age, with the highest incidence in countries with
intensive education systems. Interactions between genetic variants and educational …

Prevalence of refractive errors and risk factors for myopia among schoolchildren of Almaty, Kazakhstan: A cross-sectional study

A Mukazhanova, N Aldasheva, J Iskakbayeva… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Very little is known about the prevalence of refractive errors among children in
Kazakhstan. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of refractive errors and …

Effectiveness of myopia control interventions: A systematic review of 12 randomized control trials published between 2019 and 2021

C Lanca, CP Pang, A Grzybowski - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Purpose This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of interventions to control myopia
progression. In this systematic review, the primary outcomes were mean differences (MD) …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to the life of a school child rather than age determines myopic shifts in refraction in school children

X Ding, IG Morgan, Y Hu, Z Yuan… - … Ophthalmology & Visual …, 2022 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The prevalence of myopia increases with both age and grade for children
attending school. The current study aimed to distinguish the effects of aging and grade on …