A Cohort Study of Incident Myopia in Singaporean Children
AUTHOR:
Saw, S.M., Shankar, A., Tan, S.B., Taylor, H., Tan, D.T., Stone, R.A. and Wong, T.Y.
SPONSOR/INSTITUTION:
Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
YEAR PUBLISHED:
2006
PUBLICATION:
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
The purpose of this study was to determine the risk factors of incident myopia in a school-based cohort study in Singaporean children.
This was a 3-year prospective cohort study conducted in Singaporean school children aged 7 to 9 years.
The results of this study provide evidence of essential links between parental myopia, IQ scores and subsequent myopia development.
This article was identified as a reference for a VII-commissioned systematic review on the Impact of URE on Children.