The distribution of blinkrate among Malawian young adults: a cross-sectional study.Blink rate is a critical sign for numerous systemic and ocular conditions in medicine, however, the literature reports varying values for the parameter.  Hence, the aim of this study was to establish the cut-off blink rate value among Malawian young adults including the effects of sex and age on the parameter.  This was a quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among students at Mzuzu University in Malawi.  The study recruited 98 participants, 50% male and 50% female.  The Blink rate was not significantly correlated with age (P = 0.066) and sex (P = 0.8143).  Our study confirms that blink rate varies according to geographical location as a factor of different weather conditions.  Moreover, we found no age and sex-related differences in blink rate.
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