Research Article
Prevalence of Myopia among Children Attending Pediatrics Ophthalmology Clinic at Ohud Hospital, Medina, Saudi Arabia
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the children included in the screening.
| Variables | N (%) | No. of myopic patients | Prevalence of myopia | Chi-square |
| Sex | Male | 525 (43.2) | 21 | 4.00 | X2 | value | Female | 690 (56.8) | 22 | 3.19 | 0.331 | 0.565 |
| Age | 3–6 | 327 (26.9) | 9 | 2.75 | | | 7–10 | 507 (41.7) | 16 | 3.16 | 2.205 | 0.332 | 11–14 | 381 (31.3) | 18 | 4.72 | | | Total | 1215 (100%) | 43 | | | |
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