Journal:
:journal of comprehensive pediatrics
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hassan hashemi noor ophthalmology research center, noor eye hospital, tehran, ir iranسازمان های دیگر: noor eye hospital
soheila asgari department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, international campus, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
abbas ali yekta department of optometry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran; department of optometry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iran. tel: +21-88651515سازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (tehran university of medical sciences)
hadi ostadimoghaddam department of optometry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)
batool haghighi department of optometry, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)
sara soroush noor ophthalmology research center, noor eye hospital, tehran, ir iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)
conclusions the prevalence of astigmatism was high in children under six years old in this study, and to control amblyopia, it is necessary to consider astigmatism at younger ages. results the prevalence of refractive astigmatism of more than 0.5d in at least one eye was 51.4% (95% confidence interval (ci): 50.7-52.1); 52.1% in girls and 50.7% in boys (p = 0.412). prevalence of astigmatism decr...