Age at onset predicts risk of rapid myopic progression

Ophthalmology Times | March 1, 2005| | Copyright

Longitudinal study

Younger children found to have greater risk; other factors did not correlate in multivariate analysis

Reviewed by Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD

Columbus, OH-In children with juvenile myopia, younger age at onset appears to be associated with an increased risk for rapid progression of refractive error, said Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD.

To identify characteristics that predict rapid myopia progression in school-aged children, Dr. Zadnik and colleagues analyzed data collected in the Orinda Longitudinal Study of Myopia (OLSM). Candidate factors investigated included age at myopia onset, ...

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