Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma
<strong>Background: </strong>The primary open-angle glaucoma is a problem for public health all over the world. It is a silent and slowly progressive disease leading to blindness. In most patients this can be prevented if the risk factors leading to the disease are detected in time. <...
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| author | Leonor Rosario Díaz Alfonso Bárbara Nuria Suárez Rodríguez Mariela Julia Curbelo Yusdenia Soto Serrano Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol |
| author_facet | Leonor Rosario Díaz Alfonso Bárbara Nuria Suárez Rodríguez Mariela Julia Curbelo Yusdenia Soto Serrano Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol |
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| description | <strong>Background: </strong>The primary open-angle glaucoma is a problem for public health all over the world. It is a silent and slowly progressive disease leading to blindness. In most patients this can be prevented if the risk factors leading to the disease are detected in time. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To describe some epidemiological factors of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> Clinical, epidemiological, prospective and longitudinal study in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma who attended the glaucoma consultation of the Provincial General University Hospital "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima" of Cienfuegos, from January to February 2009. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, family and personal medical history, toxic habits and time of diagnosis of the disease. <strong><br />Results:</strong> There was prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (87, 5%) mostly in females (53, 6%) and patients over 61 years old as well as in white skinned patients (52 and 62% respectively). Hypertension was the leading entity referred to as pathological personal and family antecedent (62 and 42% respectively). Glaucoma and myopia predominated as previous eye history. The most frequent toxic habits were the consumption of more than 2 cups of coffee a day (53%) and smoking (32%). The largest amount of patients had more than 5 years evolution of the disease. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Primary open-angle glaucoma occurred mainly in female patients and those with a history |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d993f9f979d346c0acbc7dfd371041782025-01-30T21:28:43ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2010-11-0185348352661Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucomaLeonor Rosario Díaz Alfonso0Bárbara Nuria Suárez Rodríguez1Mariela Julia Curbelo2Yusdenia Soto Serrano3Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol4Hospital General Universitario "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima". Cienfuegos.Hospital General Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.Hospital General Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.Hospital General Universitario “Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima”. Cienfuegos.Hospital General Universitario "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima". Cienfuegos.<strong>Background: </strong>The primary open-angle glaucoma is a problem for public health all over the world. It is a silent and slowly progressive disease leading to blindness. In most patients this can be prevented if the risk factors leading to the disease are detected in time. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> To describe some epidemiological factors of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> Clinical, epidemiological, prospective and longitudinal study in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma who attended the glaucoma consultation of the Provincial General University Hospital "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima" of Cienfuegos, from January to February 2009. The following variables were analyzed: age, sex, family and personal medical history, toxic habits and time of diagnosis of the disease. <strong><br />Results:</strong> There was prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (87, 5%) mostly in females (53, 6%) and patients over 61 years old as well as in white skinned patients (52 and 62% respectively). Hypertension was the leading entity referred to as pathological personal and family antecedent (62 and 42% respectively). Glaucoma and myopia predominated as previous eye history. The most frequent toxic habits were the consumption of more than 2 cups of coffee a day (53%) and smoking (32%). The largest amount of patients had more than 5 years evolution of the disease. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Primary open-angle glaucoma occurred mainly in female patients and those with a historyhttp://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/896glaucoma de ángulo abiertoepidemiologíaglaucomahipertensión ocular |
| spellingShingle | Leonor Rosario Díaz Alfonso Bárbara Nuria Suárez Rodríguez Mariela Julia Curbelo Yusdenia Soto Serrano Armando Rafael Milanés Armengol Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma Medisur glaucoma de ángulo abierto epidemiología glaucoma hipertensión ocular |
| title | Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma |
| title_full | Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma |
| title_fullStr | Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma |
| title_short | Epidemiological characterization of primary open-angle glaucoma |
| title_sort | epidemiological characterization of primary open angle glaucoma |
| topic | glaucoma de ángulo abierto epidemiología glaucoma hipertensión ocular |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/896 |
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