Wong T Y, Loon S-C, Saw S-M
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, 32 Gisborne Street, Victoria 3002, Australia.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 Apr;90(4):506-11. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.083733.
In the past decade, several large population based studies have provided new information on the prevalence of visual impairment and the major age related eye diseases in Asia. These include epidemiological studies from India, Taiwan, Mongolia, Singapore, and Japan. In particular, the epidemiology of refractive errors and glaucoma has been well characterised, providing insights not only into the public health implications of these conditions, but also into anatomical changes of the eye with ageing. In contrast, there are few well conducted population based studies on diabetic retinopathy and age related macular degeneration in Asia, two conditions that are likely to be important causes of blindness in the future.
在过去十年中，几项基于大规模人群的研究提供了有关亚洲视力损害患病率以及主要年龄相关性眼病的新信息。这些研究包括来自印度、台湾、蒙古、新加坡和日本的流行病学研究。特别是，屈光不正和青光眼的流行病学已得到充分描述，这不仅为这些病症对公共卫生的影响提供了见解，也为眼睛随年龄增长的解剖学变化提供了认识。相比之下，在亚洲，针对糖尿病视网膜病变和年龄相关性黄斑变性这两种未来可能成为重要致盲原因的疾病，进行得很好的基于人群的研究却很少。
