Age, Gender, Biometry, Refractive Error, and the Anterior Chamber Angle among Alaskan Eskimos

The prevalence of angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) is greater for Eskimos/Inuit than it is for any other ethnic group in the world. Although it has been suggested that this prevalence may be due to a population tendency toward shallower anterior chamber angles, available evidence for other populations s...

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Published in:Ophthalmology
Main Authors: Wojciechowski, Robert, Congdon, Nathan, Anninger, William, Teo Broman, Aimee
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Dartmouth Digital Commons 2003
Subjects:
human
biometrics
angle
anterior chamber
sex
age
epidemiology
ethnic group
refractive error
prevalence
angle closure glaucoma
alaska
public health
eye disease
america
north america
united states
Medical Specialties
Medicine and Health Sciences
Ophthalmology
eskimo*
inuit
Alaska
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2409
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01748-7
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/context/facoa/article/3416/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S0161642002017487_main.pdf
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Summary:The prevalence of angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) is greater for Eskimos/Inuit than it is for any other ethnic group in the world. Although it has been suggested that this prevalence may be due to a population tendency toward shallower anterior chamber angles, available evidence for other populations such as Chinese with high rates of ACG has not consistently demonstrated such a tendency.

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