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Evaluation of: Ramdas WD, Wolfs RC, Hofman A, de Jong PT, Vingerling JR, Jansonius NM. Lifestyle and risk of developing open-angle glaucoma: the Rotterdam Study. Arch. Ophthalmol. DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.373 (2011) (Epub ahead of print). According to the Rotterdam Study, which was conducted in The Netherlands, socioeconomic status, alcohol consumption and smoking were not related to the onset of open-angle glaucoma. Because participants were from a homogeneous suburb and The Netherlands ranks number one in terms of equity in healthcare for all individuals regardless of income, the lack of an association between socioeconomic status and open-angle glaucoma is not surprising.
A.L. Coleman. UCLA Center for Eye Epidemiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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1.1 Epidemiology (Part of: 1 General aspects)