Prevalence and Risk Factors of Dry Eye Disease Among a Hospital-Based Population in Southeast China
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Dry Eye Disease Among a Hospital-Based Population in Southeast China
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DOI:
10.1097/icl.0000000000000064
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发表时间:
2015-01-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Chen, Wei
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作者:
Li, Jinyang;Zheng, Ke;Chen, Wei
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) and distribution of associated risk factors among a hospital-based population.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we collected detailed information of clinically defined moderate-to-severe patients with dry eye among a consecutive hospital-based population, including age trend, gender structure, frequency of symptoms, and distribution of associated environmental/occupational risk factors.Results: Of 6,657 consecutive outpatients aged older than 20 years, symptomatic dry eye presented in 635 subjects (9.54%). Five hundred thirty-two of these 635 subjects (7.99%) were clinically diagnosed as defined DED that combined with positive signs. Women (10.41%) were significantly higher than men (5.21%) (P