Summary of the frequency of myopic-related lesions on OCT in a highly myopic population
| Study (authors, year) | Location | Number (n) | Mean age (year) | Mean SE (D) | Mean AL (mm) | OCT | Definition of HM | Percentage (%) | 95% CI |
| Population-based studies | |||||||||
| SEED-2 | Singapore | 355 | 57.6±6.5 | −7.2±2.3 | 26.4±1.2 | SD-OCT | SE≤−5.0D | RS: 6.5% MTM: 7.3% | (4.2% to 9.6%) (4.8% to 10.6%) |
| The Beijing Eye Study (You et al, 201419) | China | 101 (164 eyes) | 65.1±8.7 | −8.4±4.5 | NA | SD-OCT | SE≤−6.0D or AL≥26.5 mm | RS: 32.9% | (29.2% to 36.6%) |
| Hospital-based studies | |||||||||
| Fang et al, 201915 | Japan | 884 (1487 eyes) | 58.4±16.3 | −13.2±4.0 | 29.9±2.0 | SS-OCT | SE≤−8.0D or AL≥26.5 mm | MTM: 23.0% | NA |
| Sun et al, 201618 | China | 2365 | three to 70 | NA | NA | SD-OCT | SE≤−6.0D and AL≥26.0 mm | RS: 9.6% | NA |
| Shimada et al, 201324 | Japan | 168 (207 eyes) | 58.0±11.0 | −14.5±3.6 | 29.6±1.5 | SD-OCT | SE≤−8.0D or AL≥26.5 mm | RS: 15.5% | NA |
| Henaine-Berra et al, 201317 | Mexico | 72 (116 eyes) | 36.9±15.9 | −15.0±5.3 | 28.9±2.3 | SD-OCT | SE≤−8.0D | RS:14.7% | NA |
| Wu et al, 200922 | Taiwan | 68 (124 eyes) | 39 (15-78) | −11.5 | 29.1 | SD-OCT | SE ≤−6.0D or AL≥26.5 mm | RS+foveal detachment without MH: 8.0% | NA |
| Panozzo nd Mercanti, 200414 | Italy | 135 eyes | 59.2+−15.0 | −17.0±5.7 | 29.8+−2.1 | SD-OCT | SE≤−8.0D | MTM: 34.4% | NA |
| Baba et al, 200325 | Japan | 78 (134 eyes) | 18 to 77 | −16.8 in the staphyloma group | NA | SD-OCT | SE≤−8.0D | RS+foveal RD with staphyloma: 9.0% | NA |
AL, axial length; HM, high myopia; MH, macula hole; MTM, myopic traction maculopathy; NA, not applicable; OCT, optical coherence tomography; RD, retinal detachment; RS, retinoschisis; SD-OCT, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography; SE, spherical equivalent; SEED-2, Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases-2; SS-OCT, swept source optical coherence tomography.