Representational disparity of sex, race, and ethnicity in presbyopia clinical trials: a cross-sectional study

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
³ Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁵ Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁸ Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. fkhosa@gmail.com.

Brendan K Tao et al. Eye (Lond). 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;37(18):3871-3873.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02621-w. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

¹ Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Department of Ophthalmology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
³ Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁵ Faculty of Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
⁸ Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. fkhosa@gmail.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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