Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Pterygium in Rural Adult Chinese Populations of the Bai Nationality in Dali: The Yunnan Minority Eye Study
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2012Vol. 53(10), pp. 6617–6617
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Hua Zhong, Xueping Cha, Tao Wei, Xianchai Lin, Xun Li, Jun Li, Ning Cai, Juanjuan Li, Xiaodan Su, Yang Yong-ming, Minbin Yu, Yuansheng Yuan
Abstract
The prevalence of pterygium in Dali is 39.0% among Chinese Bai aged 50 years and older. Independent associations with increasing age (>59 years), female sex, lack of education, and occupations linked to outdoor work suggest a multifactorial cause of this condition.
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