作者
Lingam Vijaya, Rashima Asokan, Manish Panday, Nikhil S Choudhari, Sathyamangalam Ve Ramesh, Lokapavani Velumuri, Sachi Devi Boddupalli, Govindan T Sunil, Ronnie George
发表日期
2013/12/1
期刊
American journal of ophthalmology
卷号
156
期号
6
页码范围
1308-1315. e2
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Purpose
To estimate the 6-year incidence of primary angle-closure (PAC) disease among adult population aged 40 years and older from rural and urban south India.
Design
Population-based longitudinal study.
Methods
A complete ophthalmologic examination, including applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, biometry, stereoscopic fundus examination, and automated perimetry was performed at both baseline and at the 6-year follow up at base hospital. Incident PAC disease was defined as the development of PAC disease during the 6-year follow-up in phakic subjects without PAC disease at baseline. Diagnosis was made using the International Society Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology classification.
Results
The data were analyzed for 3350 subjects (mean age, 56.4 ± 8.9 years; 1547 males, 1803 females) for a diagnosis of PAC disease at baseline and at follow-up examinations. The incidence of …
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