Table 1.
References | Cohort | Follow-up duration | Myopia incidence | Myopia progression |
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The Raine Study (n = 701) |
Community-based; baseline age = 20 years | 8 years | 1.75%/year | −0.041 D/year |
Jacobsen et al. (52) (n = 143) |
Medical students; baseline age = 23 years | 2 years | 4.8%/year | −0.12 D/year |
Jorge et al. (50) (n = 118) |
University students; baseline age = 21 | 3 years | 6.5%/year | −0.10 D/year |
Jiang et al. (53) (n = 64) |
Optometry students; baseline age = 25 years | 9 months during school term | - | −0.37 D/year |
Loman et al. (54) (n = 117) |
Law students; age = 27 years | 3 years, retrospectivea | 6.3%/yeara | - |
Kinge and Midelfart, (51) (n = 224) |
Engineering students; baseline age = 21 years | 3 years | 11%/yearb | −0.17 D/year |
Based on participant-reported information;
Kinge and Middelfart defines myopia as spherical equivalent ≤-0.25D.