Background Data on prevalence of glaucoma in East Asia are scarce. Objective To
determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of glaucoma in adult Chinese …

PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence of glaucoma in adult Chinese. DESIGN: Population-
based study. METHODS: The Beijing Eye Study in 2001 included 4439 subjects with an age …

methods. The Singapore Malay Eye Study is a population-based, cross-sectional survey that
examined 3280 (78.7% response) persons aged 40 to 80 years. Participants underwent a …

Aim: To determine prevalence, demography, mechanism, and visual morbidity of glaucoma
in urban Thai people. Methods: 790 subjects aged 50 years or older from Rom Klao district …

Importance Glaucoma represents a major public health challenge in an aging population.
The Tanjong Pagar Eye Study reported the prevalence and risk factors of glaucoma in a …

Purpose.: To determine the prevalence and types of glaucoma in an urban Singaporean
Indian population. Methods.: The Singapore Indian Eye Study (SINDI) was a population …

PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence and types of glaucoma in a rural population in
northern China. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: Subjects …

Glaucoma-related population-based studies from Japan, Mongolia, India, Singapore,
Thailand, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and South Korea show a higher …

AIMS To derive preliminary estimates for the number of adults in China suffering from
glaucoma, and project the burden of visual morbidity attributable to primary and secondary …

purpose. To assess the prevalence and mechanism of glaucoma in adults living in an urban
area of southern China. methods. Random clustering sampling was used to identify adults …