2022年美国成年人中眼的患病率
Joshua R Ehrlich1,2,3, Zeb Burke-Conte4, John S Wittenborn5
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
JAMA ophthalmology
|October 17, 2024
概括
据估计,有422万美国人患有青光眼,黑人患病率更高. 这项研究提供了根据人口统计和地理位置更新的青光眼患病率估计,以帮助公共卫生规划.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 玻璃眼是全球不可逆转失明的主要原因.
- 它不成比例地影响了美国的少数群体.
- 目前的美国青光眼患病率数据已有十多年的历史,缺乏州和县级的细节性.
研究的目的:
- 为了估计玻璃眼和视力影响玻璃眼在美国的患病率.
- 以人口统计学因素来分层流行,包括年龄,种族和种族.
- 为公共卫生监测提供州和县级流行率估计.
主要方法:
- 通过使用来自国家健康调查,保险索赔和基于人口的眼病研究的数据进行了元分析.
- 在PubMed搜索了1991年至2016年间发表的相关研究.
- 贝叶斯元回归模型用于流行率估计和分层.
主要成果:
- 在2022年,美国估计有422万人 (成年人≥18的患病率为1.62%) 患有青光眼.
- 影响视力的大眼影响了大约149万人 (成年人≥18岁的患病率为0.57%).
- 黑人成年人 (3.15%) 与白人成年人 (1.42%) 相比,青光眼的患病率更高,在各州有显著的差异.
结论:
- 据估计,在40岁及以上的美国成年人中,有2.56%患有青光眼,这一数字略高于之前的估计.
- 黑人个体经历了一种不成比例地更高的青光眼的患病率.
- 国家和县级的流行数据对于有针对性的公共卫生干预和资源分配至关重要.
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