TABLE 1.
The prevalence of mild hyperopia, emmetropia, and mild myopia children of 6–14 years of age.
Mild hyperopia |
Emmetropia |
Mild myopia |
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Age | All. | No. | % | 95%CI | No. | % | 95%CI | No. | % | 95%CI |
All | 902 | 51 | 5.65 | 3.89–6.6.92 | 244 | 27.05 | 24.62–30.55 | 607 | 67.30 | 65.81–71.95 |
6 | 131 | 21 | 16.03 | 10.42–23,69 | 70 | 53.44 | 50.60–67.92 | 40 | 30.53 | 27.82–44.78 |
7 | 110 | 10 | 9.09 | 4.69–16.48 | 47 | 42.73 | 33.46–52.52 | 53 | 48.18 | 38.63–57.86 |
8 | 129 | 7 | 5.43 | 2.40–11.28 | 58 | 44.96 | 36.28–53.95 | 64 | 49.61 | 40.74–58.50 |
9 | 103 | 5 | 4.85 | 1.80–11.50 | 17 | 16.50 | 10.18–25.39 | 81 | 78.64 | 69.24–85.86 |
10 | 117 | 4 | 3.42 | 1.10–9.04 | 20 | 17.09 | 10.99–25.41 | 93 | 79.49 | 70.83–86.17 |
11 | 107 | 4 | 3.74 | 1.21–9.85 | 15 | 14.02 | 8.32–22.39 | 88 | 82.24 | 73.40–88.70 |
12 | 81 | 0 | 0 | NA | 8 | 9.88 | 4.67–19.05 | 73 | 90.12 | 80.95–95.33 |
13 | 77 | 0 | 0 | NA | 6 | 7.79 | 3.21–16.79 | 71 | 92.21 | 83.21–96.79 |
14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | NA | 3 | 6.38 | 1.66–18.56 | 44 | 93.62 | 81.44–98.34 |
No., number; N/A, not applicable. Mild hyperopia is defined as +0.50 D ≤ SER ≤ +3.00 D; emmetropia is defined as –0.50 D < SER < +0.50, and mild myopia is defined as –0.50 D ≤ SER ≤ –3.00 D.