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. 1997:11 ( Pt 5):736-43.
doi: 10.1038/eye.1997.188.

Refractive errors in children born before 32 weeks gestation

P M Pennefather  1 , W Tin, N P Strong, M P Clarke, J Dutton, D G Cottrell
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Refractive errors in children born before 32 weeks gestation

P M Pennefather et al. Eye (Lond). 1997.

Abstract

Purpose: To document the refractive errors in a cohort of children born before 32 weeks gestation.

Methods: All children born before 32 weeks gestation between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 1991 to mothers resident in the Northern Region of the National Health Service were examined at 2 years old (n = 558).

Results: Stage 3 or worse retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was associated with myopia. In those not developing stage 3 or worse ROP, the refractive errors were myopia in 1.5%, hypermetropia > 4 dioptres (D) in 5.4%, anisometropia > 1 D in 1.1% and astigmatism > 1.25 D in 5.7%.

Conclusion: The incidence of refractive errors in those not developing stage 3 or worse ROP was similar to that in the general population.

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