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Refractive, corneal, and ocular residual astigmatism: distribution in a German population and age dependency—the Gutenberg Health Study

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Financial support

The Gutenberg Health Study is funded through the government of Rheinland-Pfalz ("Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz für Innovation", contract AZ 961-386261/733), the research programs “Wissen schafft Zukunft” and “Center for Translational Vascular Biology (CTVB)” of the Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, and its contract with Boehringer Ingelheim, PHILIPS Medical Systems and Novartis Pharma, including an unrestricted grant for the Gutenberg Health Study. PSW and KAP are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF 01EO1003). Funders were involved in the development of the study design as scientific consultants. However, they played no role in data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Alexander Karl-Georg Schuster, Norbert Pfeiffer, René Hoehn, Katharina A. Ponto & Alireza Mirshahi

  2. Preventive Cardiology and Preventive Medicine / Department of Medicine 2, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Andreas Schulz & Philipp S. Wild

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    René Hoehn

  4. Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (CTH), University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Katharina A. Ponto & Philipp S. Wild

  5. German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Rhine-Main, Mainz, Germany

    Philipp S. Wild

  6. Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Maria Blettner

  7. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Manfred E. Beutel

  8. Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Karl J. Lackner

  9. Center for Cardiology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Thomas Münzel

  10. Dardenne Eye Hospital, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany

    Alireza Mirshahi

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Schuster, A.KG., Pfeiffer, N., Schulz, A. et al. Refractive, corneal, and ocular residual astigmatism: distribution in a German population and age dependency—the Gutenberg Health Study. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 256, 445–446 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-017-3822-7

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