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. 2004 Sep;88(9):1119–1121. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2004.041863

Table 2.

 Five year incidence of different grades of visual impairment in the better seeing eye, as defined at baseline, among people with and without amblyopia

Normal Amblyopia
No at risk No (%) No at risk No (%)
Visual impairment
<6/12 2114 27
    Correctable* 229 (10.8) 6 (22.2)
    Non-correctable 35 (1.7) 3 (11.1)
<6/21 2180 50
    Correctable* 161 (7.4) 5 (10.0)
    Non-correctable 11 (0.5) 1 (2.0)
<6/60 2220 64
    Correctable* 89 (4.0) 1 (1.6)
    Non-correctable 31 (1.4) 2 (3.1)

*Correctable cases are those with improvement in visual acuity after subjective refraction.