What does this source bring?
A longer eye axis and greater myopia were associated with a greater risk of uncorrectable visual impairment.
Extreme axle lengths are rare. A population association cannot be turned into an individual prognosis for a child.
CLAIM-OS-OKAScope of testing and verification
- The role of the record
- Source of the claim
- Population
- European adult cohorts
- N
- 15693
- Geography
- Europe
- Observation (months)
- Not applicable / not determined within the verified range
- Comparator
- Not applicable / no common comparator
- Result
- A longer eye axis and greater myopia were associated with a greater risk of uncorrectable visual impairment.
- Safety
- This record does not allow estimation of the frequency of rare adverse events.
- Device/structure
- Not applicable / not determined within the verified range
- Publisher of the publication
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Financing
- Not determined within the proven range; see the declaration in full text.
- Conflicts of interest
- Not determined within the proven range. The absence of confirmation does not mean the absence of conflict.
- DOI
- 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.4009
- PMID
- 27768171
- What was checked
- Bibliographic metadata and abstract in Europe PMC / PubMed; Crossref metadata
- Date of verification
- 2026-09-09
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