Wilensky J T, Gandhi N, Pan T
Ann Ophthalmol. 1978 Oct;10(10):1398-1402.
Blindness due to glaucoma is much greater in blacks than in whites. Using a computerized diagnostic index we identified more than 1,300 patients being treated for glaucoma in our outpatient clinics. Analysis of this clinic population indicated that open-angle glaucoma is more prevalent among blacks than in whites. They also indicate that open-angle glaucoma occurs at a younger age in the black population. We have very limited data that tend to indicate that open-angle glaucoma is a more severe disease in blacks than in whites; however, this evidence is far from conclusive. Finally, our findings indicate that in our institution we are seeing the full range of the glaucomatous process in the black population and not merely the end-stage disease.
青光眼导致的失明在黑人中比在白人中更为常见。我们使用计算机化诊断指标，在门诊诊所中识别出1300多名正在接受青光眼治疗的患者。对该门诊患者群体的分析表明，开角型青光眼在黑人中比在白人中更为普遍。分析还表明，开角型青光眼在黑人人群中发病年龄更小。我们仅有非常有限的数据表明，开角型青光眼在黑人中比在白人中病情更严重；然而，这一证据远非确凿。最后，我们的研究结果表明，在我们机构中，我们看到了黑人人群青光眼病程的全貌，而不仅仅是终末期疾病。
