• Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E(3)) Consortium 

      Williams, Katie M.; Verhoeven, Virginie J.M.; Cumberland, Phillippa; Bertelsen, Geir; Wolfram, Christian; Buitendijk, Gabriëlle H.S.; Hofman, Albert; Van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Vingerling, Johannes R.; Kuijpers, Robert W.A.M.; Höhn, René; Mirshahi, Alireza; Khawaja, Anthony P.; Luben, Robert N.; Erke, Maja Gran; Hanno, Therese von; Mahroo, Omar; Hogg, Ruth; Gieger, Christian; Cougnard-Grégoire, Audrey; Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios; Bron, Alain; Dartigues, Jean-François; Korobelnik, Jean-François; Creuzot-Garcher, Catherine; Topouzis, Fotis; Delcourt, Cecile; Rahi, Jugnoo; Meitinger, Thomas; Fletcher, Astrid; Foster, Paul J.; Pfeiffer, Norbert; Klaver, Caroline C.W.; Hammond, Christopher J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-03-18)
      To estimate the prevalence of refractive error in adults across Europe. Refractive data (mean spherical equivalent) collected between 1990 and 2013 from fifteen population-based cohort and cross-sectional studies of the European Eye Epidemiology (E3 ) Consortium were combined in a random effects meta-analysis stratified by 5-year age intervals and gender. Participants were excluded if they were ...