Prevalence and predictors of open-angle glaucoma: Results from the visual impairment project

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the prevalence and investigate predictors of open-angle glaucoma in Victoria, Australia. Design: Two-site, population-based cross-sectional study. Participants: Permanent residents aged 40 years and older at recruitment from 1992 through 1996. Methods: A cluster-stratified random sample of 4744 participants from two cohorts, urban and rural, participated. Participants completed a standardized interview regarding demographic, lifestyle, and medical characteristics and a dilated eye examination including measurement of intraocular pressure, visual fields, cup-to-disc ratios, and paired stereo photography of the optic discs. A consensus panel of six ophthalmologists determ..