Visual acuity and refractive errors in a suburban Danish population: Inter99 Eye Study.
(2004) In Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 82(1). p.19-24- Abstract
- Purpose: The present study was performed as part of an epidemiological study, the Inter99 Eye Study. The aim of the study was to describe refractive errors and visual acuity (VA) in a suburban Danish population.
Methods: The Inter99 Eye Study comprised 970 subjects aged 30–60 years and included a random control group as well as groups at high risk for ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus. The present study presents VAs and refractive data from the control group (n = 502). All subjects completed a detailed questionnaire and underwent a standardized general physical and ophthalmic examination including determination of best corrected VA and subjective refractioning.
Results: Visual acuity ≤ 0.05 was found in one... (More) - Purpose: The present study was performed as part of an epidemiological study, the Inter99 Eye Study. The aim of the study was to describe refractive errors and visual acuity (VA) in a suburban Danish population.
Methods: The Inter99 Eye Study comprised 970 subjects aged 30–60 years and included a random control group as well as groups at high risk for ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus. The present study presents VAs and refractive data from the control group (n = 502). All subjects completed a detailed questionnaire and underwent a standardized general physical and ophthalmic examination including determination of best corrected VA and subjective refractioning.
Results: Visual acuity ≤ 0.05 was found in one eye of one subject and VA ≤ 0.3 in 11 eyes of 11 subjects. The main cause of reduced visual function was strabismic amblyopia. Myopia (≤ − 0.5 D, spherical equivalent refraction) was present in 33.1% of right eyes of the total population but in 56.8% of subjects with a university degree.
Conclusions: Strabismic amblyopia was a significant cause of unilateral visual impairment. Myopia was approximately twice as frequent in subjects with a university degree as in the remaining study population.
(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/8eabf0fa-821a-412e-9c5f-e0eb52ae7c40
- author
- Kessel, Line ; Hougaard, Jesper Leth LU ; Mortensen, Claus ; Jørgensen, Torben ; Lund-Andersen, Henrik and Larsen, Michael
- publishing date
- 2004
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
- volume
- 82
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 19 - 24
- publisher
- Wiley
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:1242275343
- ISSN
- 1395-3907
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1395-3907.2004.0179.x
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 8eabf0fa-821a-412e-9c5f-e0eb52ae7c40
- date added to LUP
- 2019-06-13 13:55:08
- date last changed
- 2022-03-10 17:21:40
@article{8eabf0fa-821a-412e-9c5f-e0eb52ae7c40, abstract = {{Purpose: The present study was performed as part of an epidemiological study, the Inter99 Eye Study. The aim of the study was to describe refractive errors and visual acuity (VA) in a suburban Danish population.<br/><br/>Methods: The Inter99 Eye Study comprised 970 subjects aged 30–60 years and included a random control group as well as groups at high risk for ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus. The present study presents VAs and refractive data from the control group (n = 502). All subjects completed a detailed questionnaire and underwent a standardized general physical and ophthalmic examination including determination of best corrected VA and subjective refractioning.<br/><br/>Results: Visual acuity ≤ 0.05 was found in one eye of one subject and VA ≤ 0.3 in 11 eyes of 11 subjects. The main cause of reduced visual function was strabismic amblyopia. Myopia (≤ − 0.5 D, spherical equivalent refraction) was present in 33.1% of right eyes of the total population but in 56.8% of subjects with a university degree.<br/><br/>Conclusions: Strabismic amblyopia was a significant cause of unilateral visual impairment. Myopia was approximately twice as frequent in subjects with a university degree as in the remaining study population.<br/>}}, author = {{Kessel, Line and Hougaard, Jesper Leth and Mortensen, Claus and Jørgensen, Torben and Lund-Andersen, Henrik and Larsen, Michael}}, issn = {{1395-3907}}, language = {{eng}}, number = {{1}}, pages = {{19--24}}, publisher = {{Wiley}}, series = {{Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica}}, title = {{Visual acuity and refractive errors in a suburban Danish population: Inter99 Eye Study.}}, url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1395-3907.2004.0179.x}}, doi = {{10.1111/j.1395-3907.2004.0179.x}}, volume = {{82}}, year = {{2004}}, }