Myopia among the Inuit population of East Greenland
ABSTRACT. Purpose: To follow the refraction values in an indigenous population group over the course of the past 50 years. Method: Case records from a population investigation carried out in Ammasalik, East Greeland, by Erik Skeller in 1950 were studied initially, a total of 1123 eyes were examined...
| Published in: | Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica |
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1997
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00639.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0420.1997.tb00639.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00639.x |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT. Purpose: To follow the refraction values in an indigenous population group over the course of the past 50 years. Method: Case records from a population investigation carried out in Ammasalik, East Greeland, by Erik Skeller in 1950 were studied initially, a total of 1123 eyes were examined by sciascopy and 244 eyes could be followed sufficiently until about 1990–94. Result: The mean refraction was initially +0.08D, while at the last examination the mean had increased to +0.69D. Initially, there was no myopia, defined as at least −1.5D, and at follow‐up it was a maximum of 1%, and presumably due to immature cataract. A tendency to myopia (<−1.5D) was found initially in 36%, but in only 22% at follow‐up. Conclusion: The myopinizing factor in East Greenland has not affected persons born prior to 1942, even if they had a tendency to myopia (<−1.5D). |
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