Incidence of myopia in Swedish schoolchildren: A longitudinal study.

Pelsin Demir Karthikeyan Baskaran Pedro Lima Ramos Thomas Naduvilath Padmaja R Sankaridurg Antonio Filipe Macedo

Published in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) (2024)

In the current study, similar to prevalence, the incidence of myopia was low when compared with other parts of the world. These results lead us to formulate a new hypothesis that the normal emmetropisation process may be protected by low educational pressure practised in Sweden during early childhood. Further research is necessary to test this new hypothesis.

Keyphrases

risk factors
optic nerve