An average daily current time spent outdoors was calculated as (2 × non-working day) + (5 × working day)/7 for summer and winter and the mean of this calculated to obtain a total daily current time spent outdoors. In the sun calendar, participants reported their average ...
Time spent outdoors in childhood is associated with reduced risk of myopia as an adult Article Open access 18 March 2021 Prevalence and associated factors of myopia among adolescents aged 12–15 in Shandong Province, China: a cross-sectional study Article Open access 27 July 2024 Introduction...
PREVENT THIS:As thalassaemia is an inherited condition, it cannot be prevented with lifestyle or diet changes. Dr Lai adds: “Being a carrier for thalassaemia (thalassaemia minor) does not cause any symptoms and does not require any treatment. If both husband and wife are carriers of the same...
Population Prevalence of Tilted and Torted Optic Discs Among an Adult Chinese Population in Singapore: The Tanjong Pagar Study OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of tilted and torted optic discs and associated risk factors among Chinese adults in Singapore. METHODS: As part of ... How,CS Al...
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 leading cause of blindness in this area. As the myopic population increases globally, the severity of its im...
The same applied to adult-onset myopia in the controls; it appeared in 22.5% of the non-diabetics.For the whole sample, adult-onset myopia was more frequent than generally assumed. Selection bias could not be ruled out, as a contributing factor. The results are, however, in keeping with ...
42,43 A subgroup with lattice degeneration and more than 5 D of myopia had an estimated lifetime risk of 35.9%.43 The prevalence of lattice degeneration increases with increasing amounts of myopia, as measured by axial length.45,47–49 Glaucoma was observed in 3% of individuals with myopia ...
An account of the conditions under which gene–environment dependence can arise, using as an example the potential interaction between a CYP3A variant and age at menarche on the risk of breast cancer. CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Fan, Q. et al. Education influences the association...
To determine the values of, and study the relationships among, central corneal thickness (CCT), intraocular pressure (IOP), and degree of myopia (DM) in an adult myopic population aged 20 to 40 years in Almeria (southeast Spain). To our knowledge this is first study of this kind in this...
Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic. Apr 25, 2024 0 1 Pediatrics