Pediatric patients with obesity were more likely to have high myopia compared with their peers with a normal BMI, according to data presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
“Although genetic and environmental risk factors of myopia have been studied, the association between obesity and myopia has not been well studied; besides, large-scale studies are lacking on this topic,” according to the presentation.
Sami Lee, MD, PhD, and colleagues enrolled in their study 1,114 participants aged 5 to 18 years who were part of the Korea National Health and Nutrition