10 Across these prevalence studies, there is a significant trend of prevalence increase with age. 8–11 In a meta-analysis of the prevalence of asteroid hyalosis, we identified that this ranges from 0.3% in individuals aged 0–39 years, to 3.1% for individuals aged 80 years or above. 11 Increasing age is to our knowledge the most consistently reported risk factor
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