Epidemiology of the refractive errors in association with the anthropometric characteristics and ocular dimensions of the students in adolescence

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence, distribution, demographic, anthropometric and biometry associations of refractive errors in a sample of adolescent pupils in Thessaloniki, Greece. Methods: 709 pupils answered in a detail questionnaire about near work activity, educational experiences, parental myopia and family demographics. Then, they had a physical (height, weight, periphery of the head) and ophthalmological examination (refraction and biometry) by the same ophthalmologist. Results: The prevalence of myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism and anisometropia was 50,92%, 4,65%, 31,17% and 10,6% respectively. Myopia appears particularly strong statistical association with neat-work and school achievement, the myopia of mother and brothers (a weaker one with the myopia of father), with height, weight and BMI. Myopia also, has a particular strong statistic relation with the axial and vitreous cavity length, a statistical one with the anterior chamber depth and lens thickness, but only a ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/19635
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/19635
ND
19635
Alternative title
Επιδημιολογία των διαθλαστικών ανωμαλιών σε σχέση με τα ανθρωπομετρικά χαρακτηριστικά και τις οφθαλμικές διαστάσεις έφηβων μαθητών
Author
Γιαννουλέα, Αικατερίνη (Πατρώνυμο: Δημήτριος)
Date
2007
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Γεωργιάδης Νικόλαος
Παπαδόπουλος Νικόλαος
Κακαβούτη-Δούδου Αγγελική
Μόσχου Βαία
Αθανασιάδου Φανή
Αλεξανδρίδης Αλέξανδρος
Ρούσσος Ισραέλ
Discipline
Medical and Health Sciences
Clinical Medicine
Keywords
Epidemiology; Refractive errors; Anthropometry; Ocular dimensions; Adolescence; Myopia; Height; Biometry; Hypermetropia; Astigmatism; Anisometropia; Near work; Education; Physical activity; Parental myopia; Weight; Axial lenght; Vitreous cavity; Anterior chamber; Lens; Corneal curvature; Periphery of head; Interpupilar distance; Refraction; Male; Female; Socioeconomic status; School achievement
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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