astigmatism in preschool children in taiwan：台湾学龄前儿童散光.pdfVIP

Astigmatism in preschool children in Taiwan Yu-Hung Lai, MD,a Hsin-Tien Hsu, PhD,b Hwei-Zu Wang, MD,a,c Cheng-Hsien Chang, MD, PhD,a,c and Shun-Jen Chang, PhDd PURPOSE To elucidate the prevalence of astigmatism and its corneal component, the association between the amount of astigmatism and its axis, and the association between the axis of astigmatism and body mass index (BMI) in Taiwanese preschool children. METHODS In this population-based study we analyzed 2 data sets, one obtaine