Amblyopia prevalence and cigarette smoking by women.
The relationship between cigarette smoking by young women and amblyopia in children was investigated in 13 population groups. Two searches were conducted on Medline using the following keywords for the first search: amblyopia, prevalence or incidence, and the names of specific countries. The keywords for the second search were smoking, cigarettes, women and the names of the same specific countries. Relevant articles were reviewed. A positive relationship between the rate of smoking among women and the prevalence of amblyopia in school-aged children and military recruits was found. The Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.73. The occurrence of decreased visual acuity attributed to amblyopia in disparate population groups is directly related to rates of cigarette smoking by young women.
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Philip
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D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D011247:Pregnancy; D011297:Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / Q000209:etiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*