Erythropoietin level in tear and blood plasma of people with myopia including those who wear soft contact lens

: Erythropoietin level was evaluated in tear film and blood plasma of 63 people with emmetropia (30 people) and myopia (33 people). 17 myopic volunteers wear soft contact lens. There were no statistically significant differences between erythropoietin level in tear samples of emmetropic people, myopic people, and people who wear soft contact lens. Physiological level of erythropoietin in tear of myopic volunteers wearing soft contact lens was established.