High myopia

Disease

1 paper1 finding

Humans1

Associations

Missed diagnostic opportunities in glaucoma

upin humans1OR 23.53

1 study

High myopia predicts missed diagnostic opportunities in glaucoma in humans (OR 23.53, 95% CI 5.65 to 98.09, p<0.001).
“Multivariable analysis identified high myopia as the strongest predictor of a missed diagnostic opportunity (OR 23.53, 95% CI 5.65 to 98.09, p<0.001)”
Humansin undiagnosed glaucoma cases
Diagnostic discrepancies in glaucoma: underdiagnosis, overdiagnosis and missed opportunities in a nationwide South Korean population
The British journal of ophthalmology14 Aug 2026

Funding

1 grant since 2023

National Eye InstituteUS$2m

Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study (DIGS): Glaucoma and High Myopia
National Eye InstituteUniversity of California, San DiegoUS$662.9k2017–2027

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Eye length linked to nerve layer thickness differently by age

In adults, nerve fibre layers were thicker with longer eyes up to 24.0 millimetres, but thinner above 26.5 millimetres.In adults, nerve fibre layers were thicker with longer eyes up to 24.0 millimetres, but thinner above 26.5 millimetres.

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