Table 4.
Prevalence of Amblyopia and Type of Amblyopia in Non-Hispanic White and Asian Children in the Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study Stratified by Age (Months)
|
Any Amblyopia, Prevalence
% (n) (95% CI) |
Unilateral Amblyopia, Prevalence % (n)
|
Bilateral Amblyopia,
Prevalence (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Anisometropic
Amblyopia |
Strabismic
Amblyopia |
Anisometropic
and Strabismic Amblyopia |
Deprivational
Amblyopia |
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| Age (mos) | NHW | Asian | NHW | Asian | NHW | Asian | NHW | Asian | NHW | Asian | NHW | Asian |
| 30–35 (NHW: n=87; Asian: n=84) | 0.0 (0) (NA) | 2.38 (2) (0.29–8.34) | 0.00 (0) | 1.19 (1) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 1.19 (1) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) |
| 36–47 (NHW: n=262; Asian: n=254) | 0.76 (2) (0.09–2.73) | 2.36 (6) (0.87–5.07) | 0.38 (1) | 1.57 (4) | 0.38 (1) | 0.79 (2) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) |
| 48–59 (NHW: n=265; Asian: n=282) | 1.89 (5) (0.62–4.35) | 1.77 (5) (0.58–4.09) | 0.75 (2) | 0.71 (2) | 0.75 (2) | 1.06 (3) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 0.38 (1) | 0.00 (0) |
| 60–72 (NHW: n=323; Asian: n=318) | 3.10 (10) (1.49–5.62) | 1.26 (4) (0.34–3.19) | 1.24 (4) | 0.63 (2) | 1.24 (1) | 0.00 (0) | 1.24 (4) | 0.63 (2) | 0.00 (0) | 0.00 (0) | 1.31 (1) | 0.00 (0) |
| Total (NHW: n=937; Asian: n=938) | 1.81 (17) (1.06–2.89) | 1.81 (17) (1.06–2.89) | 0.75 (7) | 0.96 (9) | 0.43 (4) | 0.53 (5) | 0.43 (4) | 0.21 (2) | 0.00 (0) | 0.11 (1) | 0.21 (2) | 0.00 (0) |
| P for trend | 0.013 | 0.303 | ||||||||||
CI = confidence interval; NHW = non-Hispanic white.