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Outdoor activity reduces the prevalence of myopia in childrenKathryn A Rose
School of Applied Vision Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:1279-85. 2008..To assess the relationship of near, midworking distance, and outdoor activities with prevalence of myopia in school-aged children...
Myopia, lifestyle, and schooling in students of Chinese ethnicity in Singapore and SydneyKathryn A Rose
Discipline of Applied Vision Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 126:527-30. 2008..To compare the prevalence and risk factors for myopia in 6- and 7-year-old children of Chinese ethnicity in Sydney and Singapore...
Role of near work in myopia: findings in a sample of Australian school childrenJenny M Ip
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:2903-10. 2008..To examine the association of time spent in near work and reading with spherical equivalent refraction (SER) in a population-based sample of 12-year-old Australian schoolchildren...
Prevalence of hyperopia and associations with eye findings in 6- and 12-year-oldsJenny M Ip
Department of Ophthalmology Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 115:678-685.e1. 2008..To describe the prevalence of hyperopia and associated factors in a representative sample of Australian schoolchildren 6 and 12 years old...
Variation of the contribution from axial length and other oculometric parameters to refraction by age and ethnicityJenny M Ip
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:4846-53. 2007....
Testability of refraction, stereopsis, and other ocular measures in preschool children: the Sydney Paediatric Eye Disease StudyAmy Shih I Pai
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
J AAPOS 16:185-92. 2012..To determine the testability and lower age limits for applying common eye tests to preschool children...
Prevalence and risk factors for visual impairment in preschool children the sydney paediatric eye disease studyAmy Shih I Pai
Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 118:1495-500. 2011..To assess the prevalence and associations of visual impairment (VI) in preschool children...
Amblyopia prevalence and risk factors in Australian preschool childrenAmy Shih I Pai
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 119:138-44. 2012..To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with amblyopia in a sample of Australian preschool children...
Astigmatism in 12-year-old Australian children: comparisons with a 6-year-old populationSon C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:73-82. 2007..To study the distributions of refractive (RA), corneal (CA), and internal astigmatism (IA) in 12-year-old Australian children and to explore differences from previous findings in 6-year-old children...
Refractive findings in children with astigmatic parents: the Sydney Myopia StudyJenny M Ip
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, The Westmead Millennium Institute, and the Vision Co operative Research Centre, Sydney, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 144:304-6. 2007..To examine the impact of parental astigmatism on astigmatic error and ocular biometric parameters in children...
Factors associated with childhood strabismus: findings from a population-based studyDana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, and Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 113:1146-53. 2006..Presence of strabismus was significantly associated with prematurity...
Impact of birth parameters on eye size in a population-based study of 6-year-old Australian childrenElvis Ojaimi
Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead NSW, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 140:535-7. 2005..Refraction, however, was unrelated to birth size. CONCLUSION: Birth parameters have a lasting effect on eye size but not on spherical equivalent refraction...
Ethnic differences in optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness parameters in childrenChameen Samarawickrama
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Br J Ophthalmol 94:871-6. 2010..To examine ethnic differences in optic nerve head and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) parameters between European Caucasian and East Asian children aged 6-12 years...
Prevalence of heterophoria and associations with refractive error, heterotropia and ethnicity in Australian school childrenJody F Leone
Discipline of Orthoptics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney Cumberland Campus, PO Box 170, Lidcombe NSW 1825, Australia
Br J Ophthalmol 94:542-6. 2010..Exophoria was more prevalent in children of East Asian origin. Longitudinal studies are needed to establish if incident heterotropia is preceded by heterophoria...
Myopia and the urban environment: findings in a sample of 12-year-old Australian school childrenJenny M Ip
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:3858-63. 2008..To examine associations between myopia and measures of urbanization in a population-based sample of 12-year-old Australian children...
Astigmatism and its components in 6-year-old childrenSon C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47:55-64. 2006..The data suggest that emmetropization for RA occurs by a compensatory process between CA and IA...
Refractive error and patterns of spectacle use in 12-year-old Australian childrenDana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 113:1567-73. 2006..0001). CONCLUSIONS: This study documents a relatively low prevalence of undercorrected refractive error in a population of Australian children. Nonrefractive prescription of spectacles is common...
Distribution of ocular biometric parameters and refraction in a population-based study of Australian childrenElvis Ojaimi
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, and the Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Westmead, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:2748-54. 2005..The results also showed that ocular biometric measures were normally distributed, with statistically significant gender differences found in measurements...
Macular and nerve fiber layer thickness in amblyopia: the Sydney Childhood Eye StudySon C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 116:1604-9. 2009..To examine macular and peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in amblyopia...
Patterns of eyecare utilization by young Australian children: findings from a population-based studyDana Robaei
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 13:153-8. 2006..Given that most children needing vision assessment had been examined and likely effects of parental motivation, this rate seems reasonable and appropriate...
Comparison of refraction and ocular biometry in European Caucasian children living in Northern Ireland and Sydney, AustraliaAmanda N French
Discipline of Orthoptics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 53:4021-31. 2012..To compare refraction and ocular biometry in European Caucasian children aged 6 to 7 years and 12 to 13 years, living in Sydney, Australia, and Northern Ireland...
An evaluation of keratometry in 6-year-old childrenSon C Huynh
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Cornea 25:383-7. 2006..These instruments would be suitable for use in monitoring changes of corneal curvature over time. Small significant systematic differences in keratometry between the two instruments were also found...
Vision and hearing impairment in aged care clientsJeanette Jee
School of Applied Vision Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 12:199-205. 2005..1% vs 17.5%). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests a high prevalence of sensory impairment among older persons transitioning from independent community living to institutionalized care...
Methods for a population-based study of myopia and other eye conditions in school children: the Sydney Myopia StudyElvis Ojaimi
University of Sydney, Department of Ophthalmology (Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital) and the Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 12:59-69. 2005....
High heritability of myopia does not preclude rapid changes in prevalenceKathryn A Rose
School of Applied VisionScience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 30:168-72. 2002..Despite the impact of environmental pressures in East Asia, there is evidence that parental myopia influences the position of their offspring within that new population distribution...
Five-year refractive changes in an older population: the Blue Mountains Eye StudyMagdalena Guzowski
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, Hawkesbury Road, Westmead NSW 2145, Sydney, Australia
Ophthalmology 110:1364-70. 2003....
Ethnic differences in the impact of parental myopia: findings from a population-based study of 12-year-old Australian childrenJenny M Ip
Centre for Vision Research Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, and the Vision Co operative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:2520-8. 2007..To examine the influences of ethnicity, parental myopia, and near work on spherical equivalent refraction (SER) and axial length (AL) in a population-based sample of 12-year-old Australian children...
Causes and associations of amblyopia in a population-based sample of 6-year-old Australian childrenDana Robaei
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 124:878-84. 2006..00 D); 8.7% were myopic. CONCLUSIONS: A relatively low prevalence of amblyopia in a sample of 6-year-old children is documented. The majority of these children had already been diagnosed and treated for this condition...
Effect of stature and other anthropometric parameters on eye size and refraction in a population-based study of Australian childrenElvis Ojaimi
Department of Ophthalmology, Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:4424-9. 2005..The findings may demonstrate the effectiveness of emmetropization in the presence of normal physiological influences...
Necessity of cycloplegia for assessing refractive error in 12-year-old children: a population-based studyReena Fotedar
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney and Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 144:307-9. 2007..To compare pre- and postcycloplegic autorefraction in two separate age samples of Australian school children...
