Education and myopia have had a long association, both anecdotally and from research findings with studies in general finding strong correlations with education and prolonged close work rather than a definite causative link. This study investigated the impact of education on refractive error by examining the relationship between increasing the school leaving age and myopia.
This population-based study set out to produce a percentile growth chart for axial length based on the data collected from European children and adults, and in doing so they found a stronger correlation between the refractive error and axial length in myopes compared to the same measurements in emmetropes.
By implementing analysis across a continuous range of accommodation between 0 and 6.00D, and including distance accommodation facility, the authors investigated the relationship between accommodation and myopic progression in Chinese myopic children.
How well does prior progression predict progression for the next year? The results provide a simple clinical message while also indicating the complexity of this field.
Can centile growth charts for axial length growth be used to predict success with a myopia control intervention? The three-year MiSight data was modelled against population data as a step towards validated normative data.
