Prevalence of Visual Impairment among Adults in China: The Beijing Eye Study

• Published in: American journal of ophthalmology Vol. 141; no. 3; pp. 591 - 593
• Main Authors: Xu, Liang, Cui, Tongtong, Yang, Hua, Hu, Ailian, Ma, Ke, Zheng, Yuanyuan, Sun, Baochen, Li, Jianjun, Fan, Guizhi, Jonas, Jost B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.2006; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Blindness; Blindness - epidemiology; China - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Female; Gender; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Middle schools; Miscellaneous; Myopia; Ophthalmology; Population; Prevalence; Studies; Vision, Low - epidemiology; Visual Acuity; Visual impairment; Visually Impaired Persons - statistics & numerical data; Asia; China; Beijing China; Human; Eye disease; Prevalence; Visual impairment; Vision disorder; Adult; Ophthalmology

To estimate the prevalence and distribution of blindness and low vision in Northern China. Population-based cohort study. The Beijing Eye Study included 4438 subjects with an age of 40+ years. Mean age was 56.2 ± 10.6 years (range, 40 to 101 years). Forty-three (1.0%) individuals had low vision (<...