ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology2018
Prevalence and Characteristics of Myopic Degeneration in an Adult Chinese American Population: The Chinese American Eye Study.
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- Axial length as a predictor of myopic macular degeneration: a meta-analysis and clinical study.Eye (London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Differential diagnosis of myopic choroidal neovascularization (mCNV): insights from multimodal imaging and treatment implications.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024Pooled it
- Factors associated with pathologic myopia onset and progression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2024Pooled it
- Refractive Error and Eye Health: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Progression of myopic maculopathy in a Caucasian cohort of highly myopic patients with long follow-up: a multistate analysis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2021Pooled it
- The Complications of Myopia: A Review and Meta-Analysis.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020Pooled it
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- Comparison of Deep Optic Nerve Head Structures and Optic Disc Morphology in Unilateral Peripapillary Intrachoroidal Cavitation.Ophthalmology science · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Open-Angle Glaucoma in an Adult Chinese American Population: The Chinese American Eye Study.American journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a model for predicting myopia in young children in China.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Absolute Risks and Decision Tools for Communicating the Risks of Visual Impairment From Myopia-Related Diseases.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Review
- Factors associated with intrachoroidal cavitation and sinkhole formation in eyes with glaucomatous visual-field defects.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024Article
- Clinical Features of Fundus Tessellation and Its Relationship with Myopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2023Article
- Management of Myopic Maculopathy: A Review.Turkish journal of ophthalmology · 2023Review
- Peripapillary Intrachoroidal Cavitation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Ocular Complications of Myopia: Bibliometric Analysis and Citation Networks.Reports (MDPI) · 2023Article
- Myopia control in Mendelian forms of myopia.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2023Article
- Prevalence and associated health and lifestyle factors of myopic maculopathy in northern China: the Kailuan eye study.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Myopic (Peri)papillary Changes and Visual Field Defects.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo characterize and provide population-based prevalence estimates of myopic degeneration (MD) among Chinese Americans, the fastest-growing minority population in the United States in the last decade.
designPopulation-based, cross-sectional study.
methodsA total of 1523 Chinese-American adults with myopia, aged 50 years and older, residing in the city of Monterey Park, California, underwent an interview and comprehensive eye examination, including subjective and objective refraction and stereoscopic fundus photography. For each participant, the eye with the worse myopic refractive error was included in this analysis. MD was assessed in a masked manner by an expert grader.
resultsThe prevalence of any MD was 44.9% among myopic subjects, based on the presence of any degenerative lesion secondary to myopia. The prevalence was 32.2% when MD was defined by a modified version of the Meta-Analysis for Pathologic Myopia. The prevalence of specific lesions included tessellation (31.7%), tilted disc (28.1%), peripapillary atrophy (7.0%), staphyloma (5.7%), diffuse atrophy (6.4%), lacquer cracks (2.6%), intrachoroidal cavitation (2.2%), patchy atrophy (0.9%), and end-stage MD (0.2%). The prevalence of MD was higher among older myopic subjects and among participants with more severe myopia and longer axial length (P < .001).
conclusionsThese data provide the first population-based estimates of MD in Chinese Americans and indicate that a high proportion of Chinese Americans might be at risk for MD and associated visual complications. Prevalence of MD in this cohort of Chinese Americans was higher than that observed in other East Asian populations and in people of other ethnicities.
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