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. 2006 Apr;90(4):451–455. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.083550

Table 3 Rates of amblyogenic factors in low birthweight and full term children.

Authors No Inclusion criteria Age at follow up Strabismus Anisometropia >1DS Myopia Hypermetropia >3DS
Darlow et al8 313 BW<1500 g 7 years 22% Not stated 21% (any detected by photorefraction) 18%
Holmstrom et al18 260 BW<1500 g 3.5 years 13.5% Not stated Not stated Not stated
Larsson et al11* 213 BW<1500 g 10 years Not stated 8.9% 15.1% (<0DS) 4.2%
217 Full term 0.9% 11.1% (<0DS) 0.9%
O'Connor et al10,26 293 BW <1701 g 10–12 years 20.1% 9% 22.4% (<0DS) 6.6%
169 Full term 3% 8.9% (<0DS)

*The Larsson paper is a follow up study of the Holmstrom study so represents the same children.