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Abstract #3529 Published in IGR 4-2
The incidence and seasonal variations of acute primary angle-closure glaucoma
Ivanisevic M; Erceg M; Smoljanovic A; Trosic ZCollegium Antropologicum 2002; 26: 41-45
The incidence and seasonal variations of acute primary angle-closure glaucoma (APACG) were studied. This was based on a retrospective chart review of 121 hospital patients in Split, Croatia, for the 15-year period from 1985 to 1999. The average incidence was 4.1 cases per 100,000 per year in the total population, and 7.1 per 100,000 in those aged 30 years and older. APACG affects females almost twice as often as males. The incidence rate increased with age. No seasonal variations in the occurrence of APACG, and no correlation with the mean duration of light exposure per season, were found.
Dr. M. Ivanisevic, Eye Clinic, University Hospital Split, Croatia
Classification:
9.3.1 Acute primary angle closure glaucoma (pupillary block) (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.3 Primary angle closure glaucomas)