The most common risk factors discovered were increasing educational levels, higher individual income, professional occupation, better housing, reduced sunlight exposure, and positive family history. 7 – 12 Moreover, the types of REs were found to have different prevalence rates in different age groups, with myopia being relatively common in the 10–29-year age group, hyperopia having an increasing prevalence after 40 years, and astigmatism having a decreasing trend with ages from 6 to 90 years. 13 , 14 The prevalence of REs among medical students has been investigated in many countries.
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Factors associated with the prevalence of refractive errors among medical students in the United Arab Emirates.
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