Adolescents who identified as Black or Mexican American and those from low-income families were more likely to report poor visual function and to present with worse visual acuity, according to a study.
“In this national sample, Black and Mexican American children 12 to 18 years of age were three times more likely to report a subjective experience of poor vision, and these adolescent children were twice as likely to have worse vision on examination compared to non-Hispanic white adolescent children,” study author Jean Adomfeh, MBA, told Healio/OSN. “In addition, adolescent