New article: Axial Growth and Lens Power Loss at Myopia Onset in Singaporean Children

This work studies the  biometry changes before and after myopia onset in the Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors for Myopia (SCORM). At myopia onset, the myopic shift increased to 0.50 diopters per year or more in new myopes compared to the minor changes in emmetropes of the same age. New myopes had higher axial growth rates than emmetropes, even years before myopia onset. After onset, the change in both parameters slowed down gradually, but significantly. Meanwhile new myopes also saw a significantly higher lens power loss up to 1 year before myopia onset compared to emmetropes, after which lens power loss slows down rapidly.

Rozema J, Dankert S, Iribarren R, Lanca C, Saw SM. Axial Growth and Lens Power Loss at Myopia Onset in Singaporean Children. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 2019 Jul 1;60(8):3091-9.