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ByNoel Brennan, MScOptom, PhD, FAAO

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May 05, 2022
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VIDEO: One-fourth of world’s uncorrectable vision impairment due to myopia

ByNoel Brennan, MScOptom, PhD, FAAO

DENVER – Twenty-nine percent of global visual impairment due to irreversible causes is attributable to myopia, Johnson & Johnson Vision’s Noel A. Brennan, MScOptom, PhD, FAAO, said here at ARVO.

Two J&J studies addressed the implications of myopia.

The second study showed that if myopia onset in an 8- or 9-year-old child is delayed by a year, “that may save them 0.75 D to 1.00 D in ultimate refraction,” Brennan said.

Reference:

  • Bullimore M, et al. Final level of myopia versus age of onset: Effect of race and age at final refraction. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 1-4, 2022; Denver.
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Jong M, et al. The role of myopia in 2020: Uncorrected global visual impairment. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 1-4, 2022; Denver.

Disclosures: Brennan is employed by Johnson & Johnson Vision.

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