Suk Hwan Kim, Jiho Lee, Inbo Oh, Yeonsuh Oh, Chang Sun Sim, Jin-Hee Bang, Jungsun Park, Yangho Kim
Allergic rhinitis is associated with atmospheric SO2: Follow-up study of children from elementary schools in Ulsan, Korea
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evaluate accuracy effectiveness noncycloplegic cycloplegic autorefraction using two types autorefractors ars compared retinoscopy children adolescents crosssectional study included 308 students 617 years old eastern taiwan noncycloplegic cycloplegic refractive measurements obtained using openfield ar shinnippon nvisionk 5001 closedfield ar topcon kr800 cycloplegic retinoscopy three optical components emerged measurements spherical equivalent two jackson crosscylinder values j0 j45 agreement ars retinoscopy evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficient measurement discrepancies retinoscopy among different ars cycloplegic status compared using repeated measures anova receiver operating characteristic curve analysis compared retinoscopy measurements obtained cycloplegia ars showed excellent reliability evaluating j0 fair good results j45 myopic results obtained using kr800 cycloplegia hyperopic results obtained using kr800 nvisionk 5001 cycloplegiaall p 005 j45 data obtained using nvisionk 5001 closest obtained retinoscopy j0 data obtained using ars comparable retinoscopy cycloplegia nvisionk 5001 outperformed kr800 refractive measurements particularly hyperopia diagnosis among younger children autorefractors showed great agreement retinoscopy results obtained using nvisionk 5001 without cycloplegia similar retinoscopy especially oblique astigmatism hyperopia detection younger children large vision screening elementary school shinnippon nvisionk 5001 might suitable autorefractor