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Women Prefer Contact Lens Under-Correction

Clinic-based study suggests sex differences in preferred contact lens under-correction during presbyopia management

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    Women aged 40-59 prefer greater under-correction in contact lenses than men.

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    Study involved over 3,000 patients from a single clinic.

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    Mean Δ lens power was 0.41 diopters for women vs. 0.34 for men.

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    Factors associated with under-correction differ by sex.

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    Study limitations include a lack of objective measurement and reliance on retrospective data.

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Women Prefer Contact Lens Under-Correction

Clinic-based study suggests sex differences in preferred contact lens under-correction during presbyopia management

  • by Julie Greenbaum

  • March 11, 2026

  • 4 min

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