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All students underwent visual acuity measurement, auto-refraction, retinoscopy and corneal topography. Students with a scissors reflex on retinoscopy or corneal topography patterns suspicious of KC were referred for corneal tomography.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 3051 students from 29 schools, with a mean age of 17.4\u2009\u00b1\u20091.6\u00a0years (range: 13\u201325\u00a0years) were screened. The prevalence of KC was 1.7% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200951) (95% CI, 1.2\u20132.2) and of KC suspects was 3.8% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u2009117) (95% CI, 3.2\u20134.6). There were no significant associations between the prevalence of KC and gender, age or ethnicity (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&gt;\u20090.05). In the KC group, 88.2% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200945) were unaware of their condition, 52.9% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200927) were treated for allergic conjunctivitis, 45.1% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200923) required spectacles, 11.8% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20096) were recommended contact lenses in at least one eye and 49.0% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200925) were recommended corneal cross-linking.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among adolescents, the results of this study indicate a higher prevalence of KC compared to that reported in South Korea, Norway, Brazil and Caucasians in New Zealand, but less than that reported in some countries in the Middle East. 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