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. 2022 Apr 27;10:861044. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.861044

Table 1.

Myopia incidence and progression in young adults, as reported by previous studies.

References Cohort Follow-up duration Myopia incidence Myopia progression
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
a

Based on participant-reported information;

b

Kinge and Middelfart defines myopia as spherical equivalent ≤-0.25D.