4 research outputs found
Causes of post-operative visual impairment in the 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> or higher generation Indian migrants living in Singapore.
<p>PVAā=āpresenting visual acuity; BCVAā=ābest-corrected visual acuity.</p><p>āOtherā included one individual with pterygium, one with phthisis, one with trauma and one with myopic maculopathy. The exact cause in three individuals cannot be determined.</p
Prevalence of cataract surgery by country of birth: 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> or higher generation Indian immigrants living in Singapore.
<p>Nā=ānumber of individuals in the age group; CIā=āconfidence interval.</p>*<p>Any cataract surgery was defined as lens extraction (pseudophakia or aphakia) in either or both eyes.</p>ā <p>Age- and gender-adjusted to the Indian adult population from the 2010 Singapore census.</p>Ā§<p>Bilateral cataract surgery was defined as lens extraction (pseudophakia or aphakia) in both eyes.</p
Comparison of prevalence, risk factors and outcomes of cataract surgery from selected population-based studies in Asia.
<p>APEDSā=āAndhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study; SiMESā=āSingapore Malay Eye Study; SINDIā=āSingapore Indian Eye Study; ACESā=āAravind Comprehensive Eye Study; CIEMSā=āCentral India Eye & Medical Study; BCVAā=ābest corrected visual acuity; PCOā=āposterior capsular opacification; CMEā=ācystoid macular edema; AMDā=āage-related macular degeneration; DRā=ādiabetic retinopathy.</p><p>āāā: not reported.</p>*<p>Age-standardized to the Indian adult population from the 2010 Singapore Census.</p
Socioeconomic and systemic factors associated with post-operative visual impairment in the 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> or higher generation Indian migrants living in Singapore.
<p>VIā=āvisual impairment, defined as presenting visual acuity ā¤20/60. ORā=āodds ratio; CIā=āconfidence interval.</p>*<p>p<0.05.</p