• DOI:10.1097/00006324-200104000-00012
Corpus ID: 46445087

Does Education Explain Ethnic Differences in Myopia Prevalence? A Population-Based Study of Young Adult Males in Singapore

@article{Wu2001DoesEE,
  title={Does Education Explain Ethnic Differences in Myopia Prevalence? A Population-Based Study of Young Adult Males in Singapore},
  author={H. Wu and B. Seet and E. Yap and Seang-Mei Saw and Tock-Han Lim and and Kee-Seng Chia},
  journal={Optometry and Vision Science},
  year={2001},
  volume={78},
  pages={234-239}
}

H. Wu, B. Seet, +3 authors and Kee-Seng Chia

Published 2001

Medicine

Optometry and Vision Science

Purpose. To study interethnic variation in myopia prevalence and severity in young adult males in Singapore and to determine whether these variations are related to differences in education level. Methods. A population-based survey of refractive errors in a cohort of 15,095 military conscripts between July 1996 and June 1997 using noncycloplegic autorefraction and a standard questionnaire. Prevalence rates of myopia (<−0.5D) and severe myopia (<−6.0 D) were determined for Chinese, Malay, and… CONTINUE READING

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