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Abstract #26358 Published in IGR 12-3
Ocular biometry and open-angle glaucoma: the los angeles latino eye study
Kuzin AA; Varma R; Reddy HS; Torres M; Azen SP; Los Angeles Latino Eye Study GroupOphthalmology 2010; 117: 1713-1719
PURPOSE: To examine the associations among myopic refractive error (MRE), corneal power (CP), axial length (AL), and the prevalence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in an adult Latino population. DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional epidemiologic study. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 5927 Latinos aged 40 years and older in the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES). METHODS: Myopic refractive error was defined as a non-cycloplegic sphero-cylindrical refractive error of
Doheny Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Classification:
6.12 Ultrasonography and ultrasound biomicroscopy (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods)
8.1 Myopia (Part of: 8 Refractive errors in relation to glaucoma)
2.4 Anterior chamber angle (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)
