Association of lifestyle and body structure to ocular axial length in Japanese elementary school children

Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to determine whether the lifestyle and body stature are significantly associated with the axial length (AL) of the eyes of Japanese third grade students. Methods A prospective, cross sectional, observational study was performed on 122 third grade stud...

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Main Authors: Hiroto Terasaki, Takehiro Yamashita, Naoya Yoshihara, Yuya Kii, Taiji Sakamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-017-0519-y