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School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China
We aimed to determine the prevalence and possible ethnic variations in strabismus and amblyopia among multiethnic school-aged children in rural China. A total of 9,263 children (4,347 Han, 3,352 Yi, 799 Dai and 765 Bai) aged 6 to 14 years were analyzed. Comprehensive eye examinations including monoc...
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author | Pan, Chen-Wei Chen, Xuejuan Zhu, Hui Fu, Zhujun Zhong, Hua Li, Jun Huang, Dan Liu, Hu |
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description | We aimed to determine the prevalence and possible ethnic variations in strabismus and amblyopia among multiethnic school-aged children in rural China. A total of 9,263 children (4,347 Han, 3,352 Yi, 799 Dai and 765 Bai) aged 6 to 14 years were analyzed. Comprehensive eye examinations including monocular distance visual acuity, anterior segment examination, autorefraction, cover testing and ocular motility were conducted. Manifested strabismus was detected in 3.53% of the overall population. The prevalence of strabismus was 3.29% in Han, 4.12% in Yi, 2.25% in Dai, and 3.66% in Bai ethnic groups with marginally inter-ethnic differences (P = 0.046). There was an increasing trend in the prevalence of strabismus with increasing age (P < 0.001). Amblyopia affected 132 children (1.43%) overall, with no statistical differences in gender and age. The prevalence of amblyopia was highest in Dai ethnic group (2.00%) and lowest in ethnic Yi ethnic group (1.04%) with no significant difference being detected (P = 0.062). Refractive error and strabismus were the two major factors associated with amblyopia. No significant ethnic differences in strabismus and amblyopia among Chinese ethnic minorities were observed. Refractive error and strabismus were the major causes for amblyopia in rural Chinese children. |
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spelling | pubmed-56453992017-10-26 School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China Pan, Chen-Wei Chen, Xuejuan Zhu, Hui Fu, Zhujun Zhong, Hua Li, Jun Huang, Dan Liu, Hu Sci Rep Article We aimed to determine the prevalence and possible ethnic variations in strabismus and amblyopia among multiethnic school-aged children in rural China. A total of 9,263 children (4,347 Han, 3,352 Yi, 799 Dai and 765 Bai) aged 6 to 14 years were analyzed. Comprehensive eye examinations including monocular distance visual acuity, anterior segment examination, autorefraction, cover testing and ocular motility were conducted. Manifested strabismus was detected in 3.53% of the overall population. The prevalence of strabismus was 3.29% in Han, 4.12% in Yi, 2.25% in Dai, and 3.66% in Bai ethnic groups with marginally inter-ethnic differences (P = 0.046). There was an increasing trend in the prevalence of strabismus with increasing age (P < 0.001). Amblyopia affected 132 children (1.43%) overall, with no statistical differences in gender and age. The prevalence of amblyopia was highest in Dai ethnic group (2.00%) and lowest in ethnic Yi ethnic group (1.04%) with no significant difference being detected (P = 0.062). Refractive error and strabismus were the two major factors associated with amblyopia. No significant ethnic differences in strabismus and amblyopia among Chinese ethnic minorities were observed. Refractive error and strabismus were the major causes for amblyopia in rural Chinese children. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5645399/ /pubmed/29042639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13926-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Pan, Chen-Wei Chen, Xuejuan Zhu, Hui Fu, Zhujun Zhong, Hua Li, Jun Huang, Dan Liu, Hu School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China |
title | School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China |
title_full | School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China |
title_fullStr | School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China |
title_full_unstemmed | School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China |
title_short | School-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural China |
title_sort | school-based assessment of amblyopia and strabismus among multiethnic children in rural china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5645399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29042639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13926-8 |
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