Table 2 Different Prevalence of Myopia in Partial Population-Based Studies for Chinese Race in Elderly Population
From: Prevalence and risk factors for myopia in older adult east Chinese population
Study | Age groups, (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
60-69 | 70-79 | 80 + | all | |
Myopia (SE < −0.5D) | ||||
 Suzhou(Our study) | 16.2 | 29.1 | 43.5 | 21.1 |
 Guangzhou [27] | 31.1 | 31.3 | 46.7 | 32.6 |
 Handan [21] | 14.4 | 34.3 | 42.9 | 21.4 |
 Beijing [20] | NAa | NA | NA | 21.8 |
 Harbin [22] | 11.3 | 12.8 | 9.5 | |
 Taiwan [26] | 12.8 | 21.6 | 23.3 | 18.3 |
 Singaporean Chinese [29] | 30 | 27 | 35.0 | |
 Hon Kong [28] | NA | NA | NA | 41.1 |
High Myopia (SE < −5.0D) | ||||
 Suzhou(Our study) | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
 Guangzhou [27] | 6.6 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 4.7 |
 Handan [21] | 2.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 3.1 |
 Beijing [20] | NA | NA | NA | 3.3 |
 Harbin [22] | NA | NA | NA | 1.4 |
 Taiwan [26]b | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
 Singaporean Chinese [29] | NA | NA | NA | 8.2 |
 Hon Kong [28] | 6.6 | 4.4 | 6.9 | |