The Prevalence of Glaucoma in a Population-Based Study of Hispanic Subjects
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- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 119 (12) , 1819-1826
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.119.12.1819
Abstract
GLAUCOMA is the second leading cause of world blindness,1 equalling the visual disability caused by trachoma and exceeded only by cataract. A group of recent population-based studies2-13 has detailed its impact on European- and African-derived persons in the United States, Europe, Australia, the Caribbean, Tanzania, and Mongolia. There are substantial differences in the prevalence and incidence of glaucoma between European- and African-derived persons12 that appear to be genetically based. Present data on glaucoma do not include large well-designed studies of the many important ethnic groups in the world. In particular, to our knowledge, there are no population-based studies of glaucoma in Hispanic persons.Keywords
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