Purpose The last major systematic review on POAG prevalence was published a decade
ago. Many new studies have emerged, and the definition of glaucoma in population surveys
has changed. We performed a systematic search and meta-analysis on POAG prevalence.
We aim to study: the relationship of POAG prevalence with age, gender and ethnicity, the
trend in POAG prevalence through time, the effect of study design factors on prevalence, and
to estimate the global prevalence and case burden of POAG. Methods A systematic search …

Systematic review of published population based surveys to examine the relationship
between primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) prevalence and demographic factors. A
literature search identified population-based studies with quantitative estimates of POAG
prevalence (to October 2014). Multilevel binomial logistic regression of log-odds of POAG
was used to examine the effect of age and gender among populations of different
geographical and ethnic origins, adjusting for study design factors. Eighty-one studies were …