Future myopia can be predicted in a nonmyopic child using a simple, single measure of refractive error. Future trials for prevention of myopia should target the child with low hyperopia as the child at risk.

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Zadnik et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

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Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

1Early Childhood Refractive Error and Parental History of Myopia as Predictors of Myopia2010 · 129 citations
2Validity of Surveys Reporting Myopia, Astigmatism, and Presbyopia1996 · 65 citations
3Clinical Findings before the Onset of Myopia in Youth: 4. Parental History of Myopia1996 · 46 citations
4Index for rating diagnostic tests1950 · 11,531 citations
5Emmetropization and the progression of manifest refraction in children followed from infancy to puberty1993 · 170 citations