Australia: Glaucoma Prevalence In Indigenous Australians

Australia: Glaucoma Prevalence In Indigenous Australians Brian E Chua, Jing Xie, Anna-Lena Arnold, Ignatios Koukouras, Jill E Keeffe, and Hugh R Taylor, 2010 Aim: Define the prevalence of glaucoma within the Indigenous Australian population. Methods: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged ?40 years were recruited from 30 randomly selected sample areas or communities. Participants were regarded to have glaucoma if they had a cup:disc ratio (CDR) of >0.8, or missed ?2 points on...

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