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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Background Glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness, affects approximately 64.3
million individuals worldwide. In China, demographic ageing is in rapid progress. Yet …

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 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 estimate the prevalence and associations of primary open angle glaucoma
(POAG) in a rural population of northern China. Methods.: In a rural county in Handan …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of primary glaucoma in mainland China and to
quantify its association with age, sex, and region. Methods: Population-based studies that …

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