Skip to main content
. 2014 Mar 11;7(3):168–176. doi: 10.1016/j.optom.2014.02.001

Table 2.

Prevalence of various types of uncorrected RE by gender.

N % [CI]
Boys Girls Total
Uncorrected refractive error
 Myopia 121
2.3% [1.9–2.7]
179
3.5% [3.0–4.0]
300
5.8% [5.2–6.4]
 Hyperopia 20
0.4% [0.2–0.6]
15
0.3% [0.1–0.4]
35
0.7% [0.5–0.9]
 Myopic astigmatism 137
2.6% [2.2–3.0]
143
2.8% [2.3–3.2]
280
5.4% [4.8–6.0]
 Hyperopic astigmatism 75
1.5% [1.2–1.8]
67
1.2% [0.9–1.5]
142
2.7% [2.3–3.1]
 Mixed Astigmatism 47
0.9% [0.6–1.2]
42
0.8% [0.6–1.0]
89
1.7% [1.3–2.0]



Total 400
7.7% [7.0–8.4]
446
8.6% [7.8–9.4]
846
16.3% [15.3–17.3]