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Abstract #48013 Published in IGR 13-4
Risk factors for open angle glaucoma - Analyses using logistic regression
Zhou D; Mital DP; Srinivasan S; Haque SInternational Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics 2011; 3: 203-222
Glaucoma is one of the main leading causes of blindness; it is a progressive and irreversible disease. Of different types of glaucoma, open angle glaucoma (OAG) is relatively more common but may cause more damage; it is very hard to notice until significant vision loss because of the irreversible disease progression. Therefore, accurate prediction, early detection and diagnosis will be important to assign treatment at the early stage of OAG to prevent or avoid further vision loss. In this paper, we used collinearity analysis to evaluate potential risk factors, logistic regression models to identify a minimum set of risk factors and prognostic factors for the development and diagnosis of the disease. (copyright) 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
D. Zhou. Department of Health Informatics, School of Health Related Professions, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ - 07101, United States. Email: duo.zhou@gmail.com
Classification:
9.2.2 Other risk factors for glaucoma (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.2 Primary open angle glaucomas)
