Risk factor analysis provides an important basis for develo** interventions for any
condition. In the case of myopia, evidence for a large number of risk factors has been …

Myopia has emerged as a major health issue in east Asia, because of its increasingly high
prevalence in the past few decades (now 80–90% in school-leavers), and because of the …

The results of many studies in a variety of species have significantly advanced our
understanding of the role of visual experience and the mechanisms of postnatal eye growth …

Myopic axial elongation is associated with various non-pathological changes. These include
a decrease in photoreceptor cell and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell density and …

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 …

purpose. To identify whether parental history of myopia and/or parent-reported children's
visual activity levels can predict juvenile-onset myopia. methods. Survey-based data from …

Background Nearsightedness (myopia) causes blurry vision when one is looking at distant
objects. Interventions to slow the progression of myopia in children include multifocal …

purpose. To examine the association of time spent in near work and reading with spherical
equivalent refraction (SER) in a population-based sample of 12-year-old Australian …

Best practice clinical guidelines for myopia control involve an understanding of the
epidemiology of myopia, risk factors, visual environment interventions, and optical and …

purpose. To evaluate refractive error, axial length, and relative peripheral refractive error
before, during the year of, and after the onset of myopia in children who became myopic …