Epidemical survey of relative factors of retinal vessels disease of the native Tibetan among the people aged 40 and above in Maqin county, Qinghai province

• Main Authors: Peng-Cheng Wu, Wen-Fang Zhang, Peng Lü, Sheng-Ju Chen, Ming Tao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2014-07-01
• Series: Guoji Yanke Zazhi
• Subjects: retinal vein obstruction; diabetic retinopathy; retinal vasculitis; prevalence; Tibetan
• Online Access: http://www.ies.net.cn/cn_publish/2014/7/201407032.pdf
• ISSN: 1672-5123; 1672-5123

AIM:To investigate the prevalence and related high risk factors of retinal vessels disease of native Tibetan among the aged 40 and above in Maqin county, Qinghai province, China.<p>METHODS:The cluster sampling method was used to investigate the visual acuity and retinal vessel diseases of the native Tibetan among the aged 40 and above in Maqin county.<p>RESULTS:Totally 2 511 individuals were underwent the survey, among them, 29 cases(37 eyes)were of retinal vessel diseases, the prevalence was 1.15%, 21 cases(23 eyes)were retinal vein obstruction(0.84%), 5 cases(10 eyes)were diabetic retinopathy(0.20%), 3 cases(4 eyes)were retinal vasculitis(0.12%). The blindness and low vision of retinal vessels disease were 23 eyes(0.92%).<p>CONCLUSION:All the hypertension, hyperglycemia, erythrocytosis, high altitude and weight are the high risk factors of retinal vessel diseases which are the main eyes fundus disease could grow blind.