Alqahtani Jerman M
Department of Opthalmology, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Family Community Med. 2013 Sep;20(3):159-61. doi: 10.4103/2230-8229.121980.
To analyze the epidemiology of pterygium in a hospital-based population in Alkhobar, which is located in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.
This was a retrospective, non-randomized, and consecutive case study. Out of 88,666 patients who were seen in the ophthalmology clinic between January 1995 through the end of December 2010, 116 patients were diagnosed with advanced pterygium. The medical records of these patients were evaluated.
The overall prevalence of pterygium was found to be 0.074%. There was no significant difference by either gender, side, or by laterality (P > 0.05). A significant increase was noticed in the prevalence of pterygium with increasing age and nasal location (P < 0.05).
The overall prevalence rate of pterygium in Alkhobar is low when compared with results reported from other areas of the world.
分析位于沙特阿拉伯东部省份胡拜尔一家医院就诊人群中翼状胬肉的流行病学情况。
这是一项回顾性、非随机且连续的病例研究。在1995年1月至2010年12月底眼科门诊就诊的88666例患者中，116例被诊断为晚期翼状胬肉。对这些患者的病历进行了评估。
发现翼状胬肉的总体患病率为0.074%。性别、患侧或双侧性方面均无显著差异（P>0.05）。随着年龄增长和鼻侧发病，翼状胬肉的患病率显著增加（P<0.05）。
与世界其他地区报告的结果相比，胡拜尔翼状胬肉的总体患病率较低。
