Prevalence of refractive errors in population aged 50 years and over: The Gilan eye study.

Hassan BehboudiZhale RajaviHamideh SabbaghiMarzieh KatibehBahareh KheiriMehdi YaseriSiamak MoradianYousef AlizadehHamid AhmadiehMojgan PakbinAria BouyehAmir Moradi

Published in: European journal of ophthalmology (2023)

Higher incidence of myopia and astigmatism was found in patients aged over 70 years. It was also found that patients at older ages who suffered with cataracts were at a higher risk of myopia, while elderly people with greater BMI were at a higher risk of hyperopia.

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risk factors
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
middle aged
ejection fraction
community dwelling
body mass index
peritoneal dialysis
physical activity
patient reported