Age, Gender, Biometry, Refractive Error, and the Anterior Chamber Angle among Alaskan Eskimos

Authors

Robert Wojciechowski, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
Nathan Congdon, Johns Hopkins University
William Anninger, Dartmouth College
Aimee Teo Broman, Johns Hopkins University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2003

Publication Title

BioMed Central Ophthalmology

Department

Geisel School of Medicine

Abstract

The prevalence of angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) is greater for Eskimos/Inuit than it is for any other ethnic group in the world. Although it has been suggested that this prevalence may be due to a population tendency toward shallower anterior chamber angles, available evidence for other populations such as Chinese with high rates of ACG has not consistently demonstrated such a tendency.

DOI

10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01748-7

Original Citation

Wojciechowski R, Congdon N, Anninger W, Teo Broman A. Age, gender, biometry, refractive error, and the anterior chamber angle among Alaskan Eskimos. Ophthalmology. 2003;110(2):365-375. doi:10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01748-7

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Wojciechowski, Robert; Congdon, Nathan; Anninger, William; and Teo Broman, Aimee, "Age, Gender, Biometry, Refractive Error, and the Anterior Chamber Angle among Alaskan Eskimos" (2003). Dartmouth Scholarship. 2409.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2409