Age of myopia onset in a British population-based twin cohort

TY - JOUR

T1 - Age of myopia onset in a British population-based twin cohort

AU - Williams, Katherine

AU - Hysi, Pirro G

AU - Nag, Abhishek

AU - Yonova-Doing, Ekaterina

AU - Venturini, Cristina

AU - Hammond, Christopher J

N1 - Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics © 2013 The College of Optometrists.

PY - 2013/5

Y1 - 2013/5

N2 - School-age myopia is becoming more common in Asia and North America; data from the United Kingdom has suggested a significant amount of myopia develops after the age of 17 years. Age of spectacle wear has been used as a proxy of myopia severity in a recent large genome-wide association study. The purpose of this study was to examine the age of onset of spectacle wear in a large British twin cohort, to examine the reliability and reproducibility of self-reported age of onset as a proxy measure of myopia severity, and to see if there is evidence in the UK of a rising prevalence of myopia.

AB - School-age myopia is becoming more common in Asia and North America; data from the United Kingdom has suggested a significant amount of myopia develops after the age of 17 years. Age of spectacle wear has been used as a proxy of myopia severity in a recent large genome-wide association study. The purpose of this study was to examine the age of onset of spectacle wear in a large British twin cohort, to examine the reliability and reproducibility of self-reported age of onset as a proxy measure of myopia severity, and to see if there is evidence in the UK of a rising prevalence of myopia.

U2 - 10.1111/opo.12042

DO - 10.1111/opo.12042

M3 - Article

C2 - 23510367

SN - 0275-5408

VL - 33

SP - 339

EP - 345

JO - Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

JF - Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

IS - 3

ER -