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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Oct;130(10):1274–1279. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.1449

Table 6.

Percent of males and females who developed new cases of myopia – using two definitions

Gender −0.50 D or more
myopia
(spherical equivalent)
>−0.50 D
remaining non-
myopes
−0.75 D
or more myopia in
both principal
meridians
>−0.75 D
remaining
non-myopes
Male 464 (21.4%) 1704 (78.6%) (332) 14.5% 1965 (85.5%)
Female 542 (25.5%) 1580 (74.5%) (417) 18.5% 1842 (81.5%)
Overall 1006 (23.4%) 3284 (76.6%) (749) 16.4% 3807 (83.6%)