title: Age of onset of posterior vitreous detachment.
abstract: Recently published literature on the onset of posterior vitreous detachment is reviewed here. Aging causes posterior vitreous detachment, and its prevalence increases proportionally with age. The onset of posterior vitreous detachment is associated with refractive error. Investigation of the prevalence and onset age of posterior vitreous detachment indicates that the higher the degree of myopia, the earlier the onset age. There are some reports on the onset age of posterior vitreous detachment in men compared with women. One indicates that posterior vitreous detachment occurs earlier in women, and another reports no difference. No difference has been found between blacks and whites or between whites and Japanese.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yonemoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masuhara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D017668:Age of Onset; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014822:Vitreous Body