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ANTERIOR CHAMBER DEPTH IN GREENLAND ESKIMOS
Author(s) -
ALSBIRK P. H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1974.tb01767.x
Subject(s) - east coast , population , geography , regional variation , ethnic group , west coast , demography , physical geography , oceanography , geology , sociology , political science , anthropology , law
A population study of the anterior chamber depth (ACD) was performed in 1,575 Greenland Eskimos, using optical pachymetry (Haag Streit 900). From six separate districts 1,072 Eskimos over the age of forty were examined. The participation rate ranged from 82–98%;. The geographical variation was found to be relatively small. No difference between the unmixed east‐coast Eskimos and the mixed west‐coast Eskimos could be demonstrated. From one of the towns, 503 Eskimos aged 7–39 years were examined. For ethnic comparison, 87 adult Danes, living in Greenland, were measured as controls. Their ACD level was found to be much higher than in Eskimos, closely agreeing with other Caucasian samples. The pronounced shallowness thus observed in Eskimos from all parts of Greenland has also been found recently in Canadian and Alaskan Eskimos. A shallow anterior chamber seems to be an important characteristic of Eskimos.