TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of glaucoma in the Israeli Arab population
AU - Chassid, Otzem
AU - Epstein, Irena
AU - Sharabi-Nov, Adi
AU - Pikkel, Joseph
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, International Journal of Ophthalmology (c/o Editorial Office). All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/1/18
Y1 - 2018/1/18
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Arab
KW - Beta-blockers
KW - Glaucoma
KW - Trabeculectomy
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U2 - 10.18240/ijo.2018.01.25
DO - 10.18240/ijo.2018.01.25
M3 - Article
C2 - 29376006
AN - SCOPUS:85040981442
SN - 2222-3959
VL - 11
SP - 163
EP - 165
JO - International Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - International Journal of Ophthalmology
IS - 1
ER -