Asia epidemiological survey of age-related eye disease overview.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Asia epidemiological survey of age-related eye disease overview [Abstract] In recent years, a number of groups in Asia survey of the epidemiology of age-related eye disease has provided new information. Asian populations refractive errors and glaucoma has been relatively clear epidemiological characteristics, but diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration and other important causes of blindness in the study are inadequate. In this paper, carried out in recent years in Asia, epidemiological study of age-related eye disease and results were reviewed. [Keywords:] epidemiology of myopia and glaucoma, cataract blindness low vision diabetic retinopathy age-related macular degeneration 0 Introduction Asia is the first in five continents, a population of over half the world’s population. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that to reach 20 million blind people in Asia [1]. With regard to the Western population and the epidemiological characteristics of poor vision has been a major cause of the conclusions in detail, but until now, the Asian population is still a lack of such information. However, past 10a, in Asia, such as Taiwan, Beijing, Singapore, India, Indonesia, also carried out a number of low vision and age-related eye survey, the results of these surveys to fill information gaps, while Asian populations also revealed some of the important features of eye disease. If the Chinese Jin Shilv and angle-closure glaucoma was higher than the white race of this conclusion has a more accurate theoretical basis for the [2,3]. Even in the same country, there are also obvious differences in race. For example, in Singapore, China, were short-sighted [3], acute angle-closure glaucoma [4,5], and retinal detachment [6] The incidence is higher than Indians and Malaysians. Understanding of these racial differences, is expected to disease etiology, pathogenesis, and prevention and treatment provide strong assistance to explore.