ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2020
Is Dietary Vitamin A Associated with Myopia from Adolescence to Young Adulthood?
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The Role of Vitamin D and Selected Nutrients in the Development of Myopia in Children and Young Adults: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Vitamin A and Its Related Diseases.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
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- Interdependence of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Myopia.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Reduced retinol (vitamin A) and α-tocopherol (vitamin E) blood levels and increased myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in children with high myopia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Correlation analysis of myopia and dietary factors among primary and secondary school students in Shenyang, China.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The influence of the environment and lifestyle on myopia.Journal of physiological anthropology · 2024Review
- Association between micronutrients and myopia in American adolescents: evidence from the 2003-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- Association between dietary nutrient intake and prevalence of myopia in Korean adolescents: evidence from the 7th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Screening for novel risk factors related to high myopia using machine learning.BMC ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Myopia in Young Adults: Review of Findings From the Raine Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Influence of the interaction between parental myopia and poor eye habits when reading and writing and poor reading posture on prevalence of myopia in school students in Urumqi, China.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Purpose: Potential links may exist between vitamin A intake and myopia via various pathways. In this study, we examined the association between dietary vitamin A intake during adolescence and myopia in early adulthood. Methods: We performed a prospective analysis utilizing data collected from participants of the Raine Study Gen2. Dietary vitamin A intake, determined via food frequency questionnaires completed at ages 14, 17, and 20 years, was compared with ophthalmic measurements collected at year 20. Low vitamin A levels were defined as <600 µg/day. Regression models were used to adjust for ocular sun exposure level, educational level, and parental myopia as potential confounders. Results: A total of 642 subjects were analyzed. Although those with adequate vitamin A intakes were less likely to be myopic ( Conclusions: There were no significant associations between total vitamin A intakes during adolescence and year 20 refractive errors after adjustment for confounders. Replication of this finding and further investigations are essential to rule out the suggestion that sufficient vitamin A intake during adolescence is associated with lower risk of myopia in early adulthood. Translational Relevance: Our findings are not definitive that ingesting foods high in vitamin A during childhood and adolescence does not have a role for preventing myopia in early adulthood.
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