Association of birth weight with corneal power in early adolescence: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2008.

PURPOSE:To analyze the effect of birth weight on ocular morphology, refraction and visual function in early adolescents aged 12-15 years. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We conducted a secondary data analysis using the public use files from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the period fro...

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Main Authors: Achim Fieß, Alexander K Schuster, Norbert Pfeiffer, Stefan Nickels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5658059?pdf=render