Relationship between myopia and frequency of high energy food intake among adolescents in Nantong / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the incidence of juvenile myopia and associated factors in Nantong, to analyze the relationship between food intake and juvenile myopia, so as to provide a reference for preventing and controlling myopia of adolescents.@*Methods@#Stratified cluster random sampling was used to select 13 schools in Nantong. A total of 3 437 students were selected for health monitoring and questionnaire survey, and the students sociodemographic characteristics and diet related information were collected.@*Results@#The prevalence of myopia was 73.4%( n =2 522). The myopia rate of urban teenagers(74.1%) was higher than that in suburbs(72.4%), and the myopia rate of urban girls (78.2%)was higher than that of suburban girls(73.6%). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that there was a significant positive correlation between the frequency of high energy food intake and myopia among urban adolescents ( OR =1.50, P <0.01). After adjusting for covariates, e.g. age, parental myopia, participation in extracurricular classes, outdoor inter class activities, the frequency of high energy food intake was significantly positively associated with myopia ( OR =1.29, P =0.03). Frequency of high energy food intake was significantly positively correlated with myopia of suburban adolescents ( OR =1.35, P =0.02). The association disappeared after adjusting for above ment ioned covariates ( P = 0.60 ).@*Conclusion@#There are differences in the main risk factors affecting the incidence of myopia between urban and suburban adolescents in Nantong. Parents, schools and the society should pay attention to adolescent myopia and high energy diet mode, pay attention to guide their reasonable eating habits, and prevent and control adolescent myopia from multiple angles.