A new study from researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has found greater exposure to UVB radiation via sunlight is associated with reduced risks of developing myopia, especially in teens and young adults ages 14 to 29 years old.
For their study, investigators looked at the association of myopia with UVB radiation, serum vitamin D concentrations and vitamin D pathway genetic variants, adjusting for years in education. In a random study of participants 65 years and older, researchers found an increase in UVB exposure at ages 14 to 19 and 20 to 39 was associated with reduced odds of myopia. They also found those in the highest group of years of education had twice the odds of myopia.
The study was recently published online by JAMA Ophthalmology.
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