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Inducement and Evaluation of a Murine Model of Experimental Myopia
Published on: January 22, 2019
Effect of Genetic-Environmental Interaction on Chinese Childhood Myopia
Xiyan Zhang1,2, Yan Wang1,2, Chenwei Pan3
1Department of Child and Adolescent Health Promotion, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jiangsu, China.
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of genetic-environmental interaction on myopia in Chinese children aged 6 to 9 years.
Methods:
Students had the physical examination and were required to provide basic demographic information. Their families were asked to fill in a questionnaire concerning factors related to myopia. Multiple regression analysis was performed, and adjusted risk ratio values were calculated to assess the role between gene and environment. Value of the environmental and genetic index (EGI) was calculated to demonstrate the effect of genetic-environmental interaction on myopia.
Results:
The prevalence of myopia maintained at a high level. EGI was calculated as 0.125 suggesting that genetic factors may play the 12.5% role in the formation of myopia and environmental factors may play a role of 87.5% in the formation of myopia.
Conclusions:
For young pupils aged 6 to 9 years, myopia prevalence maintained at a high level, and duration of homework time and staring at electronic screen were the strongest factors associated with myopia. The calculated value of EGI was low, which suggests that environmental factors may play the leading role in the formation of myopia. A long-term follow-up research to improve the accuracy value of EGI is our next job.
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