TY - JOUR
T1 - Myopia: a growing global problem with sight-threatening complications
AU - Holden, Brien A.
AU - Wilson, David
AU - Jong, Monica
AU - Fricke, Tim
AU - Sankaridurg, Padmaja R.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Globally, myopia is the leading cause of distance refractive error, affecting 1.45 billion or 27% of the world’s population in 2010 (myopia being defined as more than or equal to 0.50 D of myopia).1 The number of people with myopia is expected to continue to rise both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the population.2 In certain age groups in several Asian countries, the prevalence of myopia is over 80%. Among late teenagers and young adults in Korea, Taiwan and China the prevalence is now between 84% and 97%.
AB - Globally, myopia is the leading cause of distance refractive error, affecting 1.45 billion or 27% of the world’s population in 2010 (myopia being defined as more than or equal to 0.50 D of myopia).1 The number of people with myopia is expected to continue to rise both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of the population.2 In certain age groups in several Asian countries, the prevalence of myopia is over 80%. Among late teenagers and young adults in Korea, Taiwan and China the prevalence is now between 84% and 97%.
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M3 - Editorial
SN - 0953-6833
VL - 28
SP - 35
EP - 35
JO - Journal of Community Eye Health
JF - Journal of Community Eye Health
IS - 90
ER -