Research Article
Role of Gender in the Prevalence of Myopia among Polish Schoolchildren
Table 1
Dependency between gender and myopia.
| Reference | Country | Time of data collection (years) | Age (years) | Prevalence of myopia | Girls and boys (%) | Girls (%) | Boys (%) |
| Ahmed et al. [1] | India | 2007 | 6–22 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 1.8 | Czepita et al. [2] | Poland | 2000–2005 | 6–18 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 2.3 | Giloyan et al. [3] | Armenia | 2011 | 10–16 | 53.4 | 46.6 | 6.8 | Goh et al. [4] | Malaysia | 2003 | 7–15 | 21.2 | 17.5 | 3.7 | Hsu et al. [5] | Taiwan | 2005-2006 | 7–13 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 0.6 | Ip et al. [6] | Australia | 2003–2005 | 11–15 | 14.1 | 9.7 | 4.4 | Lam and Goh [7] | Hong Kong | 1990-1991 | 6–17 | 55.9 | 57.4 | −1.5 | Maul et al. [8] | Chile | 1998 | 5–15 | 14.7 | 19.4 | −4.7 | Mäntyjärvi [9] | Finland | 1980-1981 | 7–15 | 26.6 | 19.5 | 7.1 | Pokharel et al. [10] | Nepal | 1980-1981 | 5–15 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | Quek et al. [11] | Singapore | 2002 | 15–19 | 72.7 | 67.7 | 5.0 | Zhao et al. [12] | China | 1998 | 5–15 | 23.5 | 14.1 | 9.4 |
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