Table 3.

Comparison of the relationship between myopic refractive error and prevalence of open-angle glaucoma in major population-based studies³–¹⁰

Study	Race/Ethnicity	N	Definition of Myopia	OR (95% CI)
Beaver Dam Eye Study3	White	4630	≤ −1 D	1.6 (1.1–2.3)
			≤−1 and > −3 D	1.6 (1.1–2.4)
			≤ −3 D	1.5 (0.8–2.6)
Blue Mountains Eye Study4	White	3654	≤ −1 and > −3 D	2.3 (1.3–4.1)
			≤ −3 D	3.3 (1.7–6.4)
Malmö Eye Survey10	White	32918	≤ −1 D	2.1* (1.7 – 2.6)
Barbados Eye Study8	Afro-Caribbean	4036	< 0.5 D	1.5 (1.1–2.0)
Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey5	Indian	5150	Mild myopia¶	2.9 (1.3–6.9)
			Severe myopia¶	3.9 (1.6–9.5)
Tajimi Study6	Japanese	2874	< −1 and > −3 D	1.9 (1.0–3.3)
			≤ −3 D	2.6 (1.6–4.4)
Beijing Eye Study7	Chinese	4340	<−0.5 and ≥ −3 D	0.8** (0.4–1.6)
			< −3 and ≥−6 D	0.5** (0.2–1.0)
			< −6 D	3.8** (1.8–8.1)
Los Angeles Latino Eye Study	Latino	5927	≤−1 D	1.8 (1.2–2.8)
			≤ −1 and > −3 D	1.6 (0.9–2.6)
			≤ −3 D	2.0 (1.1–3.7)

CI = confidence interval, D = diopters, OR = odds ratio

^*Unadjusted odds ratio calculated from data contained in article¹⁰

^**Odds ratio with persons with glaucomatous optic nerves and hyperopia as reference group

^¶Severity of myopia was not defined in the article. Moderate myopia was not significantly associated with prevalence of open-angle glaucoma. Overall Myopia was defined as <0.5D