title: Comparison of the incidence of colour blindness between sections of Libyan and Indian populations.
abstract: Incidence of Red-Green colour blindness was studied in a Libyan population and was then compared with the same in two samples of Indian population. The incidence of the Red-Green colour defect was found to be 2.209% amongst the males and 0.0% amongst the females in the Libyan study. However, the incidence was only 1.841% amongst the ethnic Libyan males. This incidence was comparable with those reported from other African countries like Congo and Uganda. The incidence of Red-Green colour defect amongst the Indian males was found to be 2.295% while it was 0.840% amongst the Indian females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008002:Libya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors