Volume : III, Issue : I, January - 2014

Anaemia and Refractive Error Are Linked: a Pioneering Study

Dr. R. S. Sood, Dr. A. Sood

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Our frequent observation that medical students who had refractive error were also anaemic, coupled with lack of published literature on such an association, led us to determine if this was merely a chance occurrence or otherwise. The students were screened for anaemia and refractive error. The odds of refractive error co-existing in the anaemic were found to have been 2.48 times as compared to those in the non-anaemic, a statistically significant difference. We conclude the frequent co-occurrence of anaemia and refractive error is not just a chance occurrence. This pioneering study points to an association between anaemia and refractive error in the study group. Cause effect relationship remains to be explored.

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Dr. R.S. Sood, Dr. A. Sood Anaemia and Refractive Error Are Linked: a Pioneering Study International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.I January 2014

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