Prevalence of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism in Mexico: a systematic review
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Purpose. This systematic review investigates the prevalence of myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism in the Mexican population, including all age groups. Methods. A detailed search was carried out from studies that reported refractive errors (RE), from any part of the Mexico in the following databases: Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane, Medline, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Results. A total of 21 manuscripts were included in the final analysis. A total of 688,893 subjects were included in the studies (aged 0 – 90 years). About the sex of patients, 450,097 (65.6 %) were women and 235,918 (34.39%) were men. The general prevalence of RE was of 59 percent. The myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism general prevalence were 24.78%, 20.77 % and 13.6 %, respectively. Conclusion. The prevalence of RE was high. Results showed that myopia was the most common refractive error in children and adults followed by astigmatism and hyperopia in the Mexican population.
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