TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraocular Pressure and Glaucoma in the Zuni Indians
AU - Kass, Michael A.
AU - Zimmerman, Thom J.
AU - Alton, Ellen
AU - Lemon, Linda
AU - Becker, Bernard
N1 - Funding Information:
Thisinvestigationwassupportedinpartby Public Health Service grant EY 00336 from the NationalEyeInstitute,NationalInstitutesof Health,andbyagrantfromtheNationalSociety forthePreventionofBlindness,Ine,NewYork. DrsP.Kronfeld,R.Friederich,J.Bettman,Jr, G. M.Troup,andEdwardBillowitzhelpedplan thisprojectandDrS.Choiperformedthestatis¬ ticalanalysis.EdisonLaselute,governorofthe ZuniTribe,andhisstaffallowedustoperform thisstudy,andthehealthworkersattheUS PublicHealthHospitalsinZuniandGallup,NM, providedassistance.
PY - 1978/12
Y1 - 1978/12
N2 - A glaucoma-screening examination was performed on 119 full-blooded Zuni Indians and 286 control subjects who were aged 40 years or older. The mean intraocular pressure (IOP) of the Zuni Indians was significantly lower than that of the control group, adjusted for age and sex differences, in both diabetic and nondiabetic subjects. The control group demonstrated an increasing IOP with age, while the Zunis did not. The prevalence of ocular hypertension was significantly greater in the control group than in the Zunis. The majority of the Zuni subjects with ocular hypertension had diabetes mellitus. None of the Zuni Indians who were screened had primary open-angle glaucoma and none had a family history of glaucoma.
AB - A glaucoma-screening examination was performed on 119 full-blooded Zuni Indians and 286 control subjects who were aged 40 years or older. The mean intraocular pressure (IOP) of the Zuni Indians was significantly lower than that of the control group, adjusted for age and sex differences, in both diabetic and nondiabetic subjects. The control group demonstrated an increasing IOP with age, while the Zunis did not. The prevalence of ocular hypertension was significantly greater in the control group than in the Zunis. The majority of the Zuni subjects with ocular hypertension had diabetes mellitus. None of the Zuni Indians who were screened had primary open-angle glaucoma and none had a family history of glaucoma.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1978.03910060514008
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1978.03910060514008
M3 - Article
C2 - 718512
AN - SCOPUS:0018077718
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 96
SP - 2212
EP - 2213
JO - Archives of Ophthalmology
JF - Archives of Ophthalmology
IS - 12
ER -