Authors
Yih-Chung Tham, Xiang Li, Tien Y Wong, Harry A Quigley, Tin Aung, Ching-Yu Cheng
Publication date
2014/11/1
Source
Ophthalmology
Volume
121
Issue
11
Pages
2081-2090
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Purpose
Glaucoma is the leading cause of global irreversible blindness. Present estimates of global glaucoma prevalence are not up-to-date and focused mainly on European ancestry populations. We systematically examined the global prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG), and projected the number of affected people in 2020 and 2040.
Design
Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Participants
Data from 50 population-based studies (3770 POAG cases among 140 496 examined individuals and 786 PACG cases among 112 398 examined individuals).
Methods
We searched PubMed, Medline, and Web of Science for population-based studies of glaucoma prevalence published up to March 25, 2013. Hierarchical Bayesian approach was used to estimate the pooled glaucoma prevalence of the population aged 40–80 years along with 95% credible …
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