Glaucoma in east Greenlandic Inuit - a population survey in Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund)

• Main Authors: Bourne, RRA, Sorensen, KE, Klauber, A, Foster, PJ, Johnson, GJ, Alsbirk, PH
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD 2001
• Subjects: angle-closure glaucoma; anterior chamber depth; intraocular pressure; epidemiology; Eskimo/Inuit; Greenland; ANTERIOR-CHAMBER DEPTH; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; ESKIMOS; Ittoqqortoormiit; East Greenland; eskimo*; greenlandic; inuit; Scoresbysund
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/141983/

Purpose. To determine the prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in an isolated Greenlandic Inuit community and to examine the anatomical risk factors for this disease.Methods: All individuals aged greater than or equal to 40 years were examined. Visual acuity, refractive error, anterio...