Incidence, causes and risk factors of vision loss in rural Southern China: 6-year follow-up of the Yangxi Eye Study

• Published in: British journal of ophthalmology Vol. 107; no. 8; pp. 1190 - 1196
• Main Authors: Zhao, Xinyu, Lin, Jianqiang, Yu, Shanshan, Xie, Liqiong, Jin, Ling, Xiong, Kun, Tsui, Ching-Kit, Xu, Yue, Wu, Benjuan, Liu, Bin, Wang, Wei, Congdon, Nathan, Huang, Wenyong, He, Mingguang, Liang, Xiaoling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.08.2023; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Automation; Blindness; Blindness - epidemiology; Blindness - etiology; Cataracts; China - epidemiology; Clinical Science; Cohort Studies; COVID-19; Diabetic retinopathy; Epidemiology; Eye examinations; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Low vision aid; Medical personnel; Middle Aged; Population; Prevalence; Public health; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Tomography; Vision; Vision Disorders - epidemiology; Vision, Low - epidemiology; Vision, Low - etiology; Visual Acuity; Visual impairment; China; United States > US; Switzerland; Guangdong China; Japan; Epidemiology; Vision; Low vision aid

PurposeTo report the 6-year incidence, causes and risk factors for vision loss (visual impairment (VI) and blindness), among elderly adults in rural southern China.MethodsPopulation-based, cohort study. Initiated in 2014, the study recruited participants aged 50 and older using random cluster sampli...