title: Prevalence of exfoliation syndrome in Finland.
abstract: Three separate investigations are reported, covering a total of 795 patients from different parts of Finland, two of them consisting of inmates of old people's homes in two towns (N = 205 and 262) and one a randomly selected population from a rural commune (N = 328). They show the mean prevalence of exfoliation syndrome (PS) to be 14.2% in age group 60 less than or equal to 69 years, 21.9% in age group 70-79 and 34.7% in age group greater than or equal to 80. The prevalence increases statistically significantly with age. The mean prevalence of PS in all three groups was 22.4%. No isolate-like accumulation of PS could be demonstrated. The figures seem representative of the hole country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Alanko
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kärnä
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miettinen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Larmi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jaanio
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Ollila
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takala
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000869:Anterior Eye Segment; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome