About The Study: Adolescent children (ages 12 to 18 years) who identify as Black, Mexican American, low-income, or as a non-U.S. citizen were more likely to report poor subjective visual function and perform worse on objective visual acuity testing, suggesting that racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in visual function are evident by adolescence in the United States.
Authors: Isdin Oke, M.D., of Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2022.3627)
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