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The Association between Maternal Reproductive Age and Progression of Refractive Error in Urban Students in Beijing

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  • Zhong Lin
  • Guang Yun Mao
  • Balamurali Vasudevan
  • Zi Bing Jin
  • Kenneth J Ciuffreda
  • Vishal Jhanji
  • Hong Jia Zhou
  • Ning Li Wang
  • Yuan Bo Liang

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Purpose: To investigate the association between maternal reproductive age and their children’ refractive error progression in Chinese urban students. Methods: The Beijing Myopia Progression Study was a three-year cohort investigation. Cycloplegic refraction of these students at both baseline and follow-up vision examinations, as well as non-cycloplegic refraction of their parents at baseline, were performed. Student’s refractive change was defined as the cycloplegic spherical equivalent (SE) of the right eye at the final follow-up minus the cycloplegic SE of the right eye at baseline. Results: At the final follow-up, 241 students (62.4%) were reexamined. 226 students (58.5%) with completed refractive data, as well as completed parental reproductive age data, were enrolled. The average paternal and maternal age increased from 29.4 years and 27.5 years in 1993–1994 to 32.6 years and 29.2 years in 2003–2004, respectively. In the multivariate analysis, students who were younger (β = 0.08 diopter/year/year, P

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  • Zhong Lin & Guang Yun Mao & Balamurali Vasudevan & Zi Bing Jin & Kenneth J Ciuffreda & Vishal Jhanji & Hong Jia Zhou & Ning Li Wang & Yuan Bo Liang, 2015. "The Association between Maternal Reproductive Age and Progression of Refractive Error in Urban Students in Beijing," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(9), pages 1-10, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0139383
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139383
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