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Locally weighted regression line illustrating the independent relationship between spherical equivalent refractive error and the estimated prevalence of astigmatism in preschool children in the Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study and the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study after controlling for other risk factors. The estimated prevalence of astigmatism was obtained using the stepwise logistic regression procedure.
