Prevalence of glaucoma in the Israeli Arab population

作     者：Otzem Chassid Irena Epstein Adi Sharabi-Nov Joseph Pikkel 

作者机构：Department of OphthalmologyZiv Medical Center 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第11卷第1期

页      面：163-165页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 

主　　题：glaucoma Arab trabeculectomy beta blockers 

摘      要：We describe the prevalence and treatment of glaucoma in a Muslim Arab population in Israel. Based on the medical records of 15 122 persons, the overall prevalence of glaucoma was 3.9%. Prevalence rates of primary open angle glaucoma（POAG） and primary angle-closure glaucoma（PACG） were 3.0% and 0.42%, respectively. Prevalence rates of women were 135% that of men considering all types of glaucoma, 143% for POAG, and 96% for PACG. Prostaglandin analogs and beta blockers, alone or combined with carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, were the preferred medications. Of 68 patients who underwent trabeculectomy, 27（39.7%） required medications, postoperatively, for treatment of glaucoma; following Ex-Press shunt surgery, 3/11（27.3%） required medications. During the last three years, 16（1.3%） individuals with POAG were recorded as legally blind as a result of glaucoma.