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Table 4 Comparison of reported prevalence of RE in selected population-based studies nationally and internationally

From: Prevalence and risk factors of refractive error in Qinghai, China: a cross-sectional study in Han and Tibetan adults in Xining and surrounding areas

Studies

n

Population

Age (y)

Myopia (%)

Myopia SE

High myopia (%)

High myopia SE

Hyperopia (%)

Hyperopia SE

CNHS Inner Mongolia Study, 2019 [19]

2090

Chinese (Han/Mongolian)

40–80

29.4

<−0.5D

3.6

<−6D

28.4

> 0.5D

CNHS Yunnan Study, 2019 [20]

1626

Chinese (Han/Yi)

40–80

26.4

<− 0.5D

2.6

<−6D

19.9

> 0.5D

Handan Eye Study, 2009 [21]

6491

Chinese

30–86

26.7

<−0.5D

1.8%

<−5D

15.9

> 0.5D

Beijing Eye Study, 2006 [18]

4319

Chinese

40–90

22.9

<−0.5D

2.6

<−6D

NR

NR

Liwan Eye Study, 2009 [11]

1269

Chinese

≥50

32.3

<−0.5D

5.0

<−5D

40.0

> 0.5D

Shihpai Eye Study, 2003 [22]

1361

Chinese

≥65

19.4

<−0.5D

2.4

<−6D

59.0

> 0.5D

Shanghai Eye Study, 2017 [23]

6099

Chinese

≥50

22.8

<−0.5D

4.6

<−6D

48.5

> 0.5D

Suzhou Rural Eye Study, 2017 [24]

4795

Chinese

≥60

23.5

<−0.5D

2.1

<−6D

NR

NR

Rural Southern Harbin Eye Study, 2009 [10]

4979

Chinese

≥50

9.5

<−0.5D

NR

NR

8.9

> 0.5D

Tanjong Pagar Study, 2000 [25]

1232

Chinese (Singapore)

40–79

38.7

<−0.5D

9.1

<−5D

28.4

> 0.5D

Singapore Longitudinal Aging Study, 2011 [26]

1727

Chinese (Singapore)

55–85

30.8

≤ − 0.5D

NR

NR

41.1

≥1D

Chinese American Eye Study, 2017 [27]

4144

Chinese (American)

≥50

35.1

<−0.5D

7.4

<−5D

40.2

> 0.5D

Tajimi Study, 2008 [28]

3021

Japanese

≥40

41.8

<−0.5D

8.2

<−5D

27.9

> 0.5D

Hisayama Study, 2019 [4]

2936

Japanese

≥40

45.8

<−0.5D

9.5

<−5D

NR

NR

Namil Rural Study, 2013 [29]

1215

Korean

≥40

20.5

<−0.5D

1.0

<−6D

41.8

> 0.5D

Singapore Malay Eye Study, 2008 [30]

2974

Malay (Singapore)

40–79

26.2

<−0.5D

3.9

<−5D

27.4

> 0.5D

Singapore Indian Eye Study, 2011 [31]

2805

Indian (Singapore)

40–79

28.0

<−0.5D

4.1

<−5D

35.9

> 0.5D

Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study, 2009 [32]

3642

Indian

40–92

34.6

<−0.5D

4.5

<−5D

18.4

> 0.5D

Indian Study of Age-related Eye Disease, 2018 [33]

3267

Indian

≥40

35.6

≤ − 0.75D

2.0

≤ − 6D

30.3

≥0.5D

Meiktila eye study, 2008 [34]

1863

Burmese

≥40

42.7

<−1D

6.5

<−6D

15.0

>1D

Six Villages in Sumatra, 2002 [35]

358

Indonesian

≥40

34.1

≤ − 0.5D

NR

NR

32.1

≥0.5D

Shahroud Eye Cohort Study, 2012 [36]

4864

Iranian

40–64

30.2

≤ − 0.5D

1.9

<−6D

35.6

> 0.5D

Mongolian Eye Study, 2004 [37]

1617

Mongolian

≥40

17.2

<−0.5D

NR

NR

49.9

> 0.5D

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2008 [38]

7357

American

≥40

31.0

≤ − 1D

6.0

≤ − 5D

5.3

≥3D

Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2013 [39]

4430

American

45–84

25.1

≤ − 1D

4.6

≤ − 5D

38.2

≥1D

Los Angeles Latino Eye Study, 2006 [40]

5927

Latinos (American)

≥40

16.8

≤ − 1D

2.4

≤ − 5D

NR

NR

Barbados Eye Study, 1999 [41]

4709

Barbados-born Black adults

40–84

21.9

<−0.5D

NR

NR

46.9

> 0.5D

Victoria Visual Impairment Project, 1999 [42]

4532

Australian

40–98

17.0

<−0.5D

2.1

<−5D

37.0

> 0.5D

  1. NR not reported