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. 2005 Feb 11;5:1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-5-1

Table 3.

Mean estimated prevalence of myopia and hyperopia in children aged 4 to 12 years.

Female Male All

Refractive Category: N % N % N %
Myopia ≤-4 8 0.8 8 0.9 15 0.8
Myopia -3.75≤x≤-0.75 58 6.1 58 6.3 118 6.1
Myopia of -0.50 11 1.2 17 1.8 29 1.5
Emmetropia -0.25≤x≤0.50 504 53.0 501 54.2 1030 53.2
Hyperopia +0.75≤x≤+1.25 320 33.6 282 30.5 624 32.2
Hyperopia ≥+1.50 50 5.3 59 6.4 120 6.2
Total 951 100 925 100 1936 100