Angle Closure in the Namil Study in Central South Korea

Abstract

The overall prevalence of angle closure was 3.2% in the present study. On the basis of these findings, increasing age, shallower ACD, and shorter AL appear to be associated with angle closure. TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00727168.

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GonioscopyMedicineOphthalmologyFundus photographyOptometryGlaucomaVisual field testScanning laser polarimetryOdds ratioPopulationVisual acuityInternal medicineFluorescein angiography

MeSH Terms

AdultAgedAged80 and overAnterior Eye SegmentAxial LengthEyeCross-Sectional StudiesEpidemiologic StudiesFemaleGlaucomaAngle-ClosureGonioscopyHumansIntraocular PressureMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPrevalenceRepublic of KoreaRisk FactorsRural PopulationScanning Laser PolarimetryVisual Fields

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 130
Issue: 9
Pages: 1177-1177
Citations: 48
Access: Closed

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                                    Yong Yeon Kim, 
                                
                                    Joo Hwa Lee, 
                                
                                    Myung Douk Ahn
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Angle Closure in the Namil Study in Central South Korea. 
                            Archives of Ophthalmology
                            , 130
                            (9)
                            , 1177-1177.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.1470
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.1470
PMID: 22965594

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