High myopia and glaucoma susceptibility : The Beijing eye study

• Published in: Ophthalmology (Rochester, Minn.) Vol. 114; no. 2; pp. 216 - 220
• Main Authors: LIANG XU, YAXING WANG, SHUANG WANG, YUN WANG, JONAS, Jost B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier 01.02.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Susceptibility; Female; Glaucoma and intraocular pressure; Glaucoma, Open-Angle - epidemiology; Glaucoma, Open-Angle - etiology; Humans; Intraocular Pressure; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Myopia - classification; Myopia - complications; Odds Ratio; Ophthalmology; Optic Disk - pathology; Optic Nerve Diseases - epidemiology; Optic Nerve Diseases - etiology; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Rural Population; Urban Population; Vision disorders; China; Glaucoma; Protozoa; Eye disease; Sensitivity; Glaucoma (eye); Vision disorder; Refractive error; Ciliata; High myopia; Ophthalmology

To evaluate whether marked myopia, compared with moderate myopia and low myopia, is associated with a higher prevalence of glaucomatous optic nerve damage. Population-based cross-sectional study. Four thousand four hundred thirty-nine of 5324 subjects 40 years or older were invited to participate (r...