The Tajimi Study report 2: prevalence of primary angle closure and secondary glaucoma in a Japanese population

T Yamamoto, A Iwase, M Araie, Y Suzuki, H Abe… - Ophthalmology, 2005 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG),
secondary glaucoma (SG), and all glaucoma in a Japanese population as a part of the …

Prevalence of primary angle closure and primary angle-closure glaucoma in a southwestern rural population of Japan: the Kumejima Study

S Sawaguchi, H Sakai, A Iwase, T Yamamoto, H Abe… - Ophthalmology, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence and ocular biometry of primary angle closure
(PAC) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in a rural population in southwestern …

Primary open-angle glaucoma in a population associated with high prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma: the Kumejima Study

S Yamamoto, S Sawaguchi, A Iwase, T Yamamoto… - Ophthalmology, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate the prevalence of and risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma
(POAG) in a rural population of southwestern Japan. Design Population-based cross …

The prevalence of primary angle closure glaucoma in adult Asians: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JW Cheng, Y Zong, YY Zeng, RL Wei - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) is higher in Asians than Europeans
and Africans, with over 80% of PACG worldwide in Asia. Previous estimates of PACG were …

Prevalence and risk factors for angle‐closure disease in a rural Northeast China population: a population‐based survey in Bin County, Harbin

W Qu, Y Li, W Song, X Zhou, Y Kang, L Yan… - Acta …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of primary angle‐closure glaucoma (PACG), primary
angle closure (PAC) and primary angle‐closure suspect (PACS) and associated risk factors …

Issues in the epidemiology and population-based screening of primary angle-closure glaucoma

N Congdon, F Wang, JM Tielsch - Survey of ophthalmology, 1992 - Elsevier
Among Caucasians, it is well known that 75–95% of primary glaucoma is due to open-angle
glaucoma (POAG), with angle-closure (PACG) comprising only a very small minority of …

Prevalence and characteristics of primary angle-closure diseases in a rural adult Chinese population: the Handan Eye Study

Y Liang, DS Friedman, Q Zhou… - … & visual science, 2011 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of primary angle-closure suspect
(PACS), primary angle closure (PAC), and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in a …

The prevalence of primary angle closure glaucoma in European derived populations: a systematic review

AC Day, G Baio, G Gazzard, C Bunce… - British Journal of …, 2012 - bjo.bmj.com
Aim To estimate the prevalence of primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) in European
derived populations. Method Systematic review and modelling of PACG prevalence data …

The prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma in Japanese: the Tajimi Study

A Iwase, Y Suzuki, M Araie, T Yamamoto, H Abe… - Ophthalmology, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and its
association with intraocular pressure (IOP) in Tajimi City in central Japan. DESIGN: A cross …

Prevalence of primary angle-closure disease in an urban south Indian population and comparison with a rural population: the Chennai Glaucoma Study

L Vijaya, R George, H Arvind, M Baskaran, SV Ramesh… - Ophthalmology, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG),
primary angle closure (PAC), and PAC suspect (PACS) in an urban population, and to …