Prevalence of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in a Rural Adult Chinese Population: The Handan Eye Study

Abstract

Approximately 1% of adults aged 40 years and older living in rural China have POAG. As seen in other populations, increasing age, higher IOP, greater axial length, and having myopia were associated with POAG. Given the rapid aging and myopic shift (acquired myopia) in China's population, POAG is likely to increase in prevalence in the coming decades.