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. 2014 Apr;9(2):232–239.

Table 1.

Prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and anisometropia in high school children of Aligoudarz

Myopia Hyperopia Astigmatism Anisometropia
% (95%CI) % (95%CI) % (95%CI) % (95%CI)
Age (yr)
 14 21.8 (10.6-33.1) 29.1 (16.7-41.5) 7.3 (0.2 -14.4) 5.5 (0.5-11.7)
 15 26.2 (18.4-34.0) 19.8 (12.8-26.9) 20.6 (13.5-27.8) 6.3 (2.0-10.7)
 16 28.0 (19.0-37.0) 22.0 (13.7-30.3) 19.0 (11.2-26.8) 4.0 (0.1-7.9)
 17 34.1 (24.1-44.0) 18.7 (10.5-26.8) 26.4 (17.1-35.6) 3.3 (0.3-7.1)
 18> 37.1 (24.7-49.5) 22.6 (11.9-33.3) 27.4 (16.0-38.8) 3.2 (1.3-7.7)
Sex
 Female 19.4 (14.1-24.6) 27.5 (21.6 -33.4) 15.8 (10.9-20.6) 4.5 (1.8-7.3)
 Male 39.6 (33.0-46.3) 15.6 (10.6-20.5) 25.9 (20.0-31.9) 4.7 (1.8-7.6)
 Total 29.3 (25.0-33.6) 21.7 (17.8-25.5) 20.7 (16.9-24.6) 4.6 (2.6-6.6)