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Table 2 Prevalence of Refractive Status by Gender and Ethnicity

From: Prevalence and pattern of refractive error and visual impairment among schoolchildren: the Lhasa childhood eye study

 

Myopia

Hyperopia

 

n

%

95%CI

n

%

95%CI

Gender

      

Boys

44

4.5

3.19–5.78

93

9.5

7–65-11.31

Girls

44

5.1

3.59–6.50

132

15.1*

12.76–17.52

Ethnicity

      

Tibetan

82

4.7

3.68–5.65

211

12.0

10.48–13.51

Other

6

6.4

1.44–11.32

14

14.9

7.70–22.09

All

88

4.8

 

225

12.3

 
  1. CI confidence interval
  2. *P<0.001