| The Prevalence of Glaucoma in Korean Careermen. |
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Young Joo Choe, Young Jae Hong |
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Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
| 직장인의 녹내장 유병률 |
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홍영재(Young Jae Hong),최영주(Young Joo Choe) |
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| Abstract |
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The Epidemiological study of glaucoma in Korean is essential because the prevalence and distribution of glaucoma can be different among race and country. We surveyed the prevalence and distribution of glaucoma in Korean careerrnen aged 20 years or older who visited Yongdong Severance Hospital to undergo a regular physical examination during the year of 1992 and the total number of subjects examined was 4959 adults. A mainstay of the screening consisted of applanation tonometry and direct ophthalmoscopy, followed by automatic perimetry as a recall examination. Patients with suspected abnormalities in either the IOP >or=22mmHg or the optic disc findings such as high cup/disc ratio (>or=0.7) were referred for recall examination as the second stage of the visual field test. Overall prevalence of glaucoma obtained was 2.04% (101 patients) and the most common type of glaucoma was low tension glaucoma, 1.71% (85 patients). The prevalence of glaucoma increase with aging especially in low tension glaucoma. |
| Key Words:
Epidemiological study;Glaucoma;Low tension glaucoma;Prevalences of glaucoma |
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