ArticleJournal of the National Medical Association2006
Race, ethnicity and prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma.
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- SDPR expression in human trabecular meshwork and its potential role in racial disparities of glaucoma.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Epidemiology and factors associated with cannabis use among patients with glaucoma in theHeliyon · 2023Article
- Race in Ophthalmology.Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017) · 2023Article
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- Longitudinal visual field variability and the ability to detect glaucoma progression in black and white individuals.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2022Observational
- Glaucomatous Visual Field Progression in the African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): Eleven Years of Follow-up.American journal of ophthalmology · 2022Observational
- Trabecular Meshwork Mitochondrial Function and Oxidative Stress: Clues to Racial Disparities of Glaucoma.Ophthalmology science · 2022Article
- Hub Gene Screening Associated with Early Glaucoma: An Integrated Bioinformatics Analysis.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Eyes of Africa: The Genetics of Blindness: Study Design and Methodology.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Current applications of machine learning in the screening and diagnosis of glaucoma: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.International journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
- From Machine to Machine: An OCT-Trained Deep Learning Algorithm for Objective Quantification of Glaucomatous Damage in Fundus Photographs.Ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Racioethnic differences in the biomechanical response of the lamina cribrosa.Acta biomaterialia · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecently, some authors pooled data from studies on the Dutch, Australians and Americans of European origin in an attempt to predict the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in the United States. PURPOSE: To examine potential ethnic diversity in the prevalence of POAG among populations of the "same race."
methodsMedical literature was searched, and 11 population-based studies on populations of African origin and five on populations of European origin were identified.
resultsThe prevalence of POAG was significantly higher in white Australians than in the Dutch (p<0.001) and was significantly lower (p<0.001) among black populations in South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania and the United States than in Ghana, St. Lucia or Barbados. Notably, the prevalence was significantly lower in Afro Caribbeans living in London than in St. Lucia or Barbados (p<0.001). There was, however, inconsistency in the definition of POAG among the different studies.
conclusionsThere is a wide range in the prevalence of POAG among populations of the same "race," which might be attributed to the different methodology and definition of POAG; potential difference in social, behavioral and environmental factors; and/or genetic predisposition. Scrutiny is warranted when pooling data from different ethnic groups of the "same race" in meta-analyses.
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