Prevalence of open angle glaucoma in the Faroese population

• Published in: Journal of Glaucoma
• Main Authors: Holm, Elin, Holm, Malan, Vilhelmsen, Kaj, Andorsdottir, Gudrid, Vorum, Henrik, Simpson, Allie, Roos, Benjamin R., Fingert, John, Rosenberg, Thomas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Article; Faroe Islands; Tórshavn; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8795462/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34342283; https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0000000000001921

PURPOSE: The Faroe Islands are home to 50,000 genetically isolated people in the North Atlantic. The prevalence of open angle glaucoma (OAG) in the Faroese population is unknown. Consequently, we conducted a survey to determine the prevalence of OAG in the Faroese population. We also investigated th...