Relationship of senile ptosis to age.
A total of 1,073 patients were examined at random to determine the relationship between age and amount of senile ptosis. It was found that there is a progressive increase in the amount of ptosis as age increases for both men and women beginning in childhood. It is concluded from these findings that senile ptosis is not a disorder limited only to older age groups but is instead a cumulative process occurring throughout life and only becoming obvious in later years.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005143:Eyelids / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged