Ball S F
LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans 70112.
Acta Ophthalmol Suppl (1985). 1988;184:93-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1988.tb02636.x.
A prospective study was performed to determine the prevalence of exfoliation syndrome in a glaucoma population of South Louisiana. Five hundred consecutive open angle glaucoma patients over 50 years of age (median age 70.6 years) from both indigent clinic and private referral sources were examined for the presence of exfoliation material on the lens capsule. The prevalence in caucasian patients was 2.7%, blacks 0.4%, combined 1.4%. This compares with a reported prevalence of exfoliation syndrome among patients with open angle glaucoma in the United States of 3% to 28%, Denmark of 26%, Ireland of 66%, and Sweden of 75%. This low prevalence may be a reflection of the ethnic origin of the population, but other explanations are considered.
开展了一项前瞻性研究，以确定路易斯安那州南部青光眼患者人群中剥脱综合征的患病率。对来自贫困诊所和私人转诊机构的500例连续的50岁以上开角型青光眼患者（中位年龄70.6岁）进行检查，以确定晶状体囊膜上是否存在剥脱物质。白人患者的患病率为2.7%，黑人患者为0.4%，总体患病率为1.4%。相比之下，美国报道的开角型青光眼患者中剥脱综合征的患病率为3%至28%，丹麦为26%，爱尔兰为66%，瑞典为75%。这种低患病率可能反映了该人群的种族起源，但也考虑了其他解释。
