Abstract
Purpose
To compare the incidence of refractive errors in Japanese patients with multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) with that in age- and sex-matched controls.
Methods
Fifty Japanese patients with MEWDS (11 males and 39 females; ages, 15–58; mean 29.9 years) were studied retrospectively. The refractive errors (spherical equivalent) in the patients were compared with those of 150 age- and sex-matched controls.
Results
The mean refractive error in the patient group was −5.30 ± 4.58 diopters (D) which was significantly greater than that in the controls (−2.57 ± 2.94 D, P = 0.0005). Twenty-two (44.0%) of the 50 MEWDS patients had refractive errors >−6.00 D; whereas 14 (9.3%) of 150 normal subjects had this degree of myopia. This difference was statistically significant (P < 0.005).
Conclusion
Japanese patients with MEWDS tend to be highly myopic.
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Asano, T., Kondo, M., Kondo, N. et al. High Prevalence of Myopia in Japanese Patients with Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome. Jpn J Ophthalmol 48, 486–489 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-004-0107-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10384-004-0107-6