Table 1 of Li, Mol Vis 2017; 23:588-604.

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of each cohort in this study.

Parameters Chaoshan Guangzhou Combined Han Chinese4 KORA TwinsUK
Cases1 Controls Cases2 Controls Cases Controls Cases3 Controls Cases3
N 96 96 300 308 396 404 526 413 562
Sex (%Male) 65.63 65.63 49.17 63.64 53.15 64.11 50.38 48.42 16.20
Mean age (SD) 21.80 (1.27) 21.68 (1.30) 22.19 (1.67) 21.66 (1.54) 22.10 (4.77) 21.67 (1.48) 49.25(10.21) 57.23 (10.72) 46.46 (14.99)
Refraction (Diotpers)                  
OD −6.54±1.31 0.27±0.51 −7.82±0.87 0.19±0.48 −7.51±1.14 0.21±0.49 −2.50±1.87 0.23±0.42 −3.26±2.73
OS −6.28±1.84 0.33±0.44 −7.79±1.12 0.31±0.44 −7.42±1.48 0.31±0.44 −2.49±1.87 0.23±0.42 −3.16±2.67

1. Cases with moderate to high myopia were defined as SEM ≤ −4.0 D. 2. Cases with high myopia were defined as SEM ≤ −6.0 D 3. Cases with myopia were defined as SE< −0.5 D. 4. Han Chinese group=Chaoshan + Guangzhou. 5. European group=KORA+TwinsUK 2.

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