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Effect of uncorrection versus full correction on myopia progression in 12-year-old children

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Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the effects of no correction versus full correction on myopia progression in Chinese children over a period of 2 years.

Methods

Myopia was defined as cycloplegic spherical equivalent (SE) of ≤ −0.50 D. Uncorrection was defined as no spectacles worn, and full correction was defined as when the value of SE subtracted from the dioptric power of the child’s current spectacles was less than 0.5 D. Ocular examinations included visual acuity, cycloplegic autorefraction, axial length and vertometer measurements. Questionnaires were completed by parents on behalf of the children.

Results

A total of 121 myopic children, with a median age of 12.7 years, were screened from the Anyang Childhood Eye Study, with 65 in the uncorrected group and 56 in the full correction group. At 2-year follow-up, children with no correction had slower myopia progression (−0.75 ± 0.49 D vs. −1.04 ± 0.49 D, P < 0.01) and less axial elongation (0.45 ± 0.18 mm vs. 0.53 ± 0.17 mm, P = 0.02) than children with full correction. In multivariate modeling, adjusting for baseline SE or axial length, age, gender, height, number of myopic parents, age at myopia onset, and time spent in near work and outdoors, children with no correction still had slower myopia progression (−0.76 ± 0.07 vs. −1.03 ± 0.08 D, P < 0.01) and less axial elongation (0.47 ± 0.03 mm vs. 0.51 ± 0.03 mm, P < 0.01). Myopia progression decreased significantly with an increasing amount of undercorrection in all children (r = 0.22, b = 0.16, P = 0.01).

Conclusion

Our findings suggest that myopic defocus slows the progression of myopia in already myopic children, supporting previous findings from animal studies.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Beijing Nova Program (Z121107002512055), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81300797), the Major International (Regional) Joint Research Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81120108007), the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (“973” Program, 2011CB504601) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Research Foundation of Beijing Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University (2012-YJJ-019). We thank He Li, Yi-Peng Wang, Si-Yan Zhan, and Xiu-Hua Wan for their help on this study.

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  1. Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Science Key Lab, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, 100730

    Yun-Yun Sun, Shi-Ming Li, Meng-Tian Kang, Feng-Ju Zhang & Ningli Wang

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

    Si-Yuan Li

  3. Anyang Eye Hospital, Anyang, Henan Province, China

    Luo-Ru Liu

  4. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Peking University School of Public Health, Beijing, China

    Bo Meng

  5. School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Michel Millodot

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Sun, YY., Li, SM., Li, SY. et al. Effect of uncorrection versus full correction on myopia progression in 12-year-old children. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 255, 189–195 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-016-3529-1

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