Gender disparities in the burden of vision impairment and regional environmental susceptibility among Chinese children and adolescents
In China, VI is more prevalent in females, yet the absolute number of patients is larger in males, with this disparity progressively increasing. Males demonstrate heightened susceptibility to regional environmental factors. These findings support incorporating sex-specific prevention measures into current vision protection policies.
Authors
- Fangbiao Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4807-9670)
- Shuman Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3582-7062)
- Cao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-9283)
- Haiyan Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6458-5503)
- Xiaoyan Wu
- Xiaoling Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4718-7418)
- Tingting Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6319-9518)
- Sun Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4814-1510)
- Shaojun Xu
Institutions
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (CN)
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-11-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2025-328078
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00