Increasing myopia in Scotland at age of 3.5-5.5 years: A retrospective epidemiological study.

Ophthalmic Physiol Opt · 2025 · PMC11976510 · PMID 40013590

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Conversely, there was a negative correlation that did not reach statistical significance between the proportion of children in each health board who were myopes and the proportion of dwellings that were detached houses ( r 2 = 0.48, p = 0.06).

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failed to reach statistical significancep = 0.56not close (p > 0.1)

Regressions between the proportion of children in each health board who were myopes and the proportion of children who failed vision screening who fell within the lowest quintiles (1 and 2; most deprived) and the highest quintiles (4 and 5) of deprivation index were low and failed to reach statistical significance ( r 2 < 0.07; p = 0.56 and r 2 < 0.01; p = 0.82, respectively).

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