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Insights From Incidence
The Barbados Eye Studies
Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:117-118.
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REVIEWS OF open-angle glaucoma (OAG) over the past 30 years have pointed
out its importance as a major cause of visual dysfunction both in the United
States and worldwide.1-3
Those same reviews have bemoaned the fact that, while we have estimates of
the prevalence of OAG in numerous communities by means of good population
surveys, we lack information on the incidence of this debilitating condition.
In this month's issue, M. Christina Leske, MD, MPH, and her team of
investigators from the Barbados Eye Studies provide a true first in ophthalmology
by documenting the incidence of OAG over a 4-year period in the predominantly
black population of Barbados.4 Why should readers
of the ARCHIVES take note of this article? After all, Barbados is a small
island in the West Indies with a demographic and economic profile that differs
widely from that of most readers' communities. Several reasons are compelling,
apart from . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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