Perkins E S, Folk J
Ophthalmologica. 1984;189(1-2):36-40. doi: 10.1159/000309382.
The pattern of uveitis seen in a caucasian population in Iowa was found to be very similar to that seen in London in spite of geographical and climatic differences in the two locations. Acute anterior uveitis was the commonest type of uveitis but fewer of the Iowa patients showed radiological evidence of ankylosing spondylitis or Reiter's syndrome. Toxoplasmosis was responsible for 9% of cases in both series. It is concluded that genetic factors are more important than geographic location in determining the types of uveitis which occur in a caucasian population.
尽管爱荷华州和伦敦在地理位置和气候方面存在差异，但研究发现，在爱荷华州白种人群中观察到的葡萄膜炎模式与在伦敦观察到的模式非常相似。急性前葡萄膜炎是最常见的葡萄膜炎类型，但爱荷华州患者中显示强直性脊柱炎或赖特综合征放射学证据的较少。在两个系列中，弓形虫病均占病例的9%。得出的结论是，在决定白种人群中发生的葡萄膜炎类型时，遗传因素比地理位置更重要。
