Open AccessHow Does Cataract Surgery Rate Affect Angle-closure Prevalence
Author(s) -
Guangming Jin,
Lanhua Wang,
Jane Scheetz,
Jian Zhang,
Miao He
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of glaucoma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.11
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1536-481X
pISSN - 1057-0829
DOI - 10.1097/ijg.0000000000001691
Subject(s) - medicine , cataract surgery , gonioscopy , glaucoma , confidence interval , ophthalmology , cohort , logistic regression , population , surgery , environmental health
A data simulation study suggests that prevalence of occludable angle will decrease when the cataract surgical rate increases in particularly when the surgery focuses on 70+ years old.