title: On the age-related prevalence of anisometropia.
abstract: Data on the prevalence of non-amblyopic anisometropia amongst adults throughout the world were tabulated and plotted as a function of age. The global picture reveals a systematic rise in the prevalence of anisometropia with age, the fitted linear regression having a significant positive slope of 1% (p < 0.0005) for every 7 years. The distribution may embrace a juvenile rise and a later, post-presbyopic one, perhaps due to neuro-senescence.
authors.affiliation: Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College London, University of London, London, UK. robert.weale@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D015858:Anisometropia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence