Prevalence of glaucoma in an eye hospital in Nigeria.
A study of glaucoma prevalence in Nigeria was undertaken using data from the eye clinic records of 622 females aged between 4 and 80 years and 1055 males aged between 5 and 95 years who attended the Evangelical Churches of West Africa Eye Hospital, Kano, northern Nigeria, in January, 1985. Glaucoma occurred in 8.6% of the patients. Comparative analysis of glaucoma prevalence studies from different parts of the world and using different sampling techniques showed a marked variation.
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Department of Optometry, University of Benin, Nigeria.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D009885:Ophthalmology; D014792:Visual Acuity