[Analysis of spectacle lens prescriptions shows no increase of myopia in Germany from 2000 to 2015].
Wesemann W·Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the prevalence and magnitude of myopia among children and young adults wearing spectacles has increased in Germany from 2000 to 2015. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 1,223,410 refraction values from 278,432 male and 333,273 female subjects between 5 and 30 years of age were analyz…