Glaucoma in Blacks
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in American Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 106 (6), 738-739
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1988.01060130808027
Abstract
In March 1987, the Division of Ophthalmology at Howard University, Washington, DC, and St Croix (Virgin Islands) Hospital sponsored a symposium on glaucoma. This effort represented a recognition that the black population of the United States, particularly the economically disadvantaged, and the predominantly black population of the Caribbean basin share an increased risk of visual loss from glaucoma. Several investigators have noted that blacks represent a disproportionate share of the glaucoma population.1,2They are also at several times greater risk for blindness from this disease.3,4While relatively little information is available on the prevalence of nonblinding glaucoma in blacks, the 1.4% rate reported by Wallace and Lovell5in Jamaica is in contrast to the 0.47% prevalence reported by Hollows and Graham6using a similar study design in Wales. Other studies have reported rates from 0.41% to 0.86% in Western Europe.7-10A higher prevalence of glaucomaKeywords
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