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Apgar score and reduced vision in children aged 3 to 6 years.
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Graefe's Archive of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology . Feb2017, Vol. 255 Issue 2, p401-405. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Purpose: We aimed to examine the association between the 5-min Apgar score and reduced vision in children 3 to 6 years of age. Methods: A total of 5834 preschool children aged 3 to 6 years participated in this school-based eye survey. Reduced vision was defined as unaided distance vision of 6/12 or worse in the better-seeing eye. The 5-min Apgar scores of the participants were retrieved from medical records. Results: The overall prevalence of reduced vision in this population was 6.63 % (95 % confidence interval [CI] 5.99-7.27). In multivariate analysis, the presence of reduced vision was associated with a low 5-min Apgar score at birth (<7 vs. 7-10; odds ratio [OR] = 1.66, 95 % CI 1.48-3.05) after adjusting for age, gender, parental history of myopia, maternal age, gestational age, and birth weight. In addition, both myopia and amblyopia were associated with Apgar scores of less than 7 in multivariate analyses. Conclusions: Children with 5-min Apgar scores of less than 7 were more likely to have reduced vision at the age of 3 to 6 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0721832X
- Volume :
- 255
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Graefe's Archive of Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121037849
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-016-3506-8