Effect of Genetic-Environmental Interaction on Chinese Childhood Myopia

Table 1

Basic profile of children and their parents who received investigation.

Male children (1407)	n/N	Proportion (%)/mean ± SD	Female children (1216)	n/N	Proportion (%)/mean ± SD
Children’s prevalence of myopia	265/1407	18.8		204/1216	16.8
Children’s mean SE (worse eye, D)	—	0.30 ± 1.20		—	0.40 ± 1.20
Father’s prevalence of myopia	465/1407	33.0		444/1216	36.5
Father’s mean SE (worse eye, D)	—	−3.40 ± 1.90		—	−3.40 ± 1.80
Mother’s prevalence of myopia	515/1407	36.6		488/1216	40.1
Mother’s mean SE (worse eye, D)	—	−3.40 ± 1.80		—	−3.40 ± 1.90
Father’s education (≥high school level)	1038/1407	73.8		947/1216	77.9
Mother’s education (≥high school level)	950/1407	67.5		860/1216	70.7