COMPARATIVE INCIDENCE OF ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONAL GROUPS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA*
COMPARATIVE INCIDENCE OF ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA AMONG DIFFERENT NATIONAL GROUPS IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA*
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澳大利亚维多利亚州不同民族人群闭角型青光眼发病率的比较*
DOI：
10.1136/bjo.47.12.721
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发表时间：
1963
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
R. Lowe
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作者：
R. Lowe
第二次世界大战后，欧洲人移居澳大利亚的速度大大加快。这些不同的民族群体现在大量居住在澳大利亚，因此可以对他们之间不同的疾病发病率进行调查。在对300多名患有闭角型青光眼（Lowe，1961年描述的一种形式）的患者进行检查时，可以根据出生国将210名患者制成表格（表I）。这些患者来自1954年至1961年皇家维多利亚眼耳医院的交叉索引历史文件，少数患者在私人诊所接受检查。有些人最初在1954年之前因闭角型青光眼住院，但在回访医院或被要求参加审查后重新检查并列入名单。所有这些病人的检查是在1961年和1962年进行的。1954年和1961年的人口普查数字是为了说明不同民族的比例（《1962年人口普查公报》）。1954年和1961年的人口普查表明，50%的人口年龄在30岁以下，在这一年龄以下，闭角型青光眼的表现非常罕见（Lowe，1961）。由于一般人口的平均经济水平高于大多数来自较低收入阶层并在公立医院就诊的病人的平均经济水平，因此没有采用一般人口的数字。为了抵消经济因素的影响，表1还列出了1961年部分时间里1,000名30岁以上病人的种族分布情况，以便进行更适当的比较。特别奇怪的是，没有一个意大利人和只有一个希腊男性患有闭角型青光眼，而且在澳大利亚的意大利和希腊女性可能不愿意参加这个会议。
AFTER the second world war, the emigration of peoples from Europe to Australia was greatly accelerated. The large numbers of these different national groups now resident in Australia has permitted investigations of different disease incidence among them. During the examination of over 300 patients who had angle-closure glaucoma (in one of its forms previously described by Lowe, 1961), it was possible to tabulate 210 patients according to country of birth (Table I). These patients were drawn from the cross-indexed history files of The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital from 1954 to 1961 and a few were examined in private practice. Some had originally attended the hospital with angleclosure glaucoma before 1954 but had been re-examined and included in the list after return visits to hospital or when requested to attend for review. Examinations of all these patients were conducted during 1961 and 1962. The population census figures for 1954 and 1961 are presented to give an idea of thp proportions of the different nationalities (Census Bulletin, 1962). The 1954 and 1961 censuses showed that 50 per cent. of the population was under the age of 30 years and below this age the manifestation of angleclosure glaucoma is very uncommon (Lowe, 1961). The general population figures have not been used as they represent a higher average economic level than that of the patients who came mostly from the lower income groups and were attending a public hospital. To counteract the economic factors the racial distribution of 1,000 patients over the age of 30 years, attending the hospital seriatim during part of 1961 has also been set out in Table I for more appropriate comparison. It appeared particularly strange that no Italians and only one male Greek had attended with angle-closure glaucoma, and it seemed possible that Italian and Greek women in Australia might be reluctant to attend this