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Abstract #13017 Published in IGR 7-3
Prevalence of open-angle glaucoma in a rural south Indian population
Vijaya L; George R; Paul PG; Baskaran M; Arvind H; Raju P; Ramesh SV; Kumaramanickavel G; McCarty CInvestigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2005; 46: 4461-4467
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PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and the associated risk factors in a rural population in southern India. METHODS: Subjects aged 40 years or more (n = 3934) underwent a complete ophthalmic examination. Glaucoma was diagnosed according to the International Society of Geographical and Epidemiologic Ophthalmology classification. RESULTS: Complete data were available for 3924 subjects (response rate, 81.75%). In eyes with normal suprathreshold visual fields, the mean intraocular pressure was 14.29 ± 3.32 mmHg (97.5th and 99.5th percentiles, 21 and 25 mmHg, respectively). The mean vertical cup-to-disc ratio was 0.39 ± 0.17 (97.5th and 99.5th percentiles, 0.7 and 0.8, respectively). Sixty-four subjects had definite POAG (1.62%, 9.5% CI 1.42-1.82); 30 were men and 34 were women. Subjects with POAG (59.85 ± 10.43 years) were older (P < 0.001) than the study population (53.78 ± 10.71 years). In only one (1.5%) person was POAG diagnosed before the study. Two (3.12%) subjects were blind due to POAG; 21 (32.81%) subjects had a presenting IOP > 21 mmHg, and 43 (67.19%) had an IOP < 21 mmHg. The mean central corneal thickness in subjects with POAG (502.82 ± 35.29 microm) was not different from that of the normal study population (505.93 ± 31.11 microm). No association was found with diabetes mellitus, systemic hypertension, gender, and myopia. Increasing IOP (per mmHg) was associated with the disease (OR 1.12; 95% CI, 1.08-1.16). The odds for POAG increased with advancing age after adjustment for gender. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of POAG in this population was 1.62%. The prevalence increased with age, and 98.5% were not aware of the disease.
Dr. L. Vijaya, Glaucoma Project, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
Classification:
1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)