Refractive errors in children and young adults with Down's syndrome
Journal
Acta Ophthalmologica
Date Issued
2011
Author(s)
Ljubic, Antonela
DOI
10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01676.x
Abstract
Purpose: Down’s syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal anomaly.
Numerous ophthalmic features have been reported. The aim of our study was
to investigate the incidence of refractive errors in children and young adults
with DS in Macedonia.
Methods: Fifty-six children and young adults with DS, aged 2–28 years, from
Macedonia, underwent slit-lamp examination, ocular motility and refraction.
Results: The overall incidence of refractive errors in the Macedonian children
and young adults with DS was 96.4%. A total of 17.8% of the subjects had
myopia, 23.2% had hypermetropia and 55.3% had astigmatism. Strabismus
was seen in 13 (23.2%) of the subjects (nine had esotropia, three had exotropia,
one had hypertropia).
Conclusions: The incidence of refractive errors in Macedonian children and
young adults with DS was similar to that in Asian children. Compared with
White (Caucasian) and Asian children with DS, Macedonian children and
young adults exhibited lower incidences of hypermetropia and myopia, and a
higher incidence of astigmatism, in which oblique astigmatism represented the
predominant type.
Numerous ophthalmic features have been reported. The aim of our study was
to investigate the incidence of refractive errors in children and young adults
with DS in Macedonia.
Methods: Fifty-six children and young adults with DS, aged 2–28 years, from
Macedonia, underwent slit-lamp examination, ocular motility and refraction.
Results: The overall incidence of refractive errors in the Macedonian children
and young adults with DS was 96.4%. A total of 17.8% of the subjects had
myopia, 23.2% had hypermetropia and 55.3% had astigmatism. Strabismus
was seen in 13 (23.2%) of the subjects (nine had esotropia, three had exotropia,
one had hypertropia).
Conclusions: The incidence of refractive errors in Macedonian children and
young adults with DS was similar to that in Asian children. Compared with
White (Caucasian) and Asian children with DS, Macedonian children and
young adults exhibited lower incidences of hypermetropia and myopia, and a
higher incidence of astigmatism, in which oblique astigmatism represented the
predominant type.
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