White Boys More Likely to be Affected by Color Blindness
A team of researchers, in their new study published in the journal Ophthalmology, have found how white boys are more likely to be affected by color blindness. Conversely, black boys are at a much lesser risk of being affected by this ophthalmic condition.
The researchers also found how girls were at a much lesser risk of being affected by color blindness- an inability to distinguish between certain colors. The most common form of color blindness involves a genetic mutations which leads to an inability to distinguish between the colors red and green.
Color Blindness More Prevalent in White Boys
Taking into consideration 4000 preschool children between 3 to 6 years of age, the researchers attempted to check for the prevalence of color blindness among different racial groups, and found how 5.6 percent of white boys were color blind, whereas just 1.4 percent black boys were affected by this condition.
Color blindness is usually detected by a simple color test in kids at 4 years of age, and can be referenced by the fact that color blind kids perform poorly in color-related assignments.
“It’s not that the child is not smart enough or bright enough, it’s that they see the world a little differently,” lead investigator Dr. Rohit Varma, chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine and director of the USC Eye Institute, explained. ”That needs to start early on because labeling a child as not smart or bright enough is a huge stigma for the child and causes significant anxiety for the parents and family.”
White Boys More Likely to be Affected by Color Blindness
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