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 …

The prevalence and its effective factors of primary angle-closure glaucoma in defined populations of rural and urban in Beijing

L Xu, L Zhang, CR Xia, JJ Li, LN Hu, K Ma… - [Zhonghua yan ke za …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Objective To investigate the prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) of urban
and rural residents in Beijing, China. A quantitative comparison was made based on the …

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 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

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 …

Angle closure in the Namil study in central South Korea

YY Kim, JH Lee, MD Ahn, CY Kim… - Archives of …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of angle closure in a defined
population as part of the Namil Study. Methods In this cross-sectional epidemiologic study …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …