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About 800 unselected schoolchildren, aged 7 to 10, have been regularly followed for 5 years. All the refractions were examined retinoscopically after administration of cycloplegic drugs. The cohort change of ocular refractions was analyzed with respect to their initial refractions and various optical components. We found that although the refractional status at age 7 had no correlation with the refraction 5 years later, the myopic status at age 10 inferred further changes in refraction.
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Lin, L.LK., Tsai, CB., Lieu, JC., Shih, YF., Hung, PT. (1998). Correlation Between Ocular Refractions with Longitudinal Study Among Schoolchildren in Taiwan. In: Tokoro, T. (eds) Myopia Updates. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66959-3_9
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