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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Prevalence of uveitis in indigenous populations presenting to remote clinics of Central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study |
Author: | Chang, J. Landers, J. Henderson, T. Craig, J. |
Citation: | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2012; 40(5):448-453 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 1442-6404 1442-9071 |
Statement of Responsibility: | J.H. Chang, J. Landers, T.R.M. Henderson and J.E. Craig |
Abstract: | Background: To report the prevalence of current and previous uveitis within the indigenous population living within Central Australia. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study in Central Australia. Participants: One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four subjects who identified themselves as indigenous Australians, presenting to the remote clinics during the 36-month period between July 2005 and June 2008. Methods: Clinical assessments for active or previous uveitis were performed. Data were collected using a standardized form. Main Outcome Measures: Prevalence of various types of uveitis. Results: Four of 1881 subjects had evidence of previous or current anterior uveitis, giving a prevalence for anterior uveitis of 0.21% (95% confidence interval, 0.01–0.42%). Eleven of 1854 patients had signs of previous posterior uveitis, giving a prevalence for posterior uveitis of 0.59% (95% confidence inteval 0.24–0.94%). Nine of the 11 patients with posterior uveitis cases (82%) had presumed toxoplasma retinochoroiditis. There were no cases of intermediate uveitis or panuveitis observed in this study. There were no observed cases consistent with well-recognized clinical uveitic syndromes, such as Behçet’s disease or Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome. Conclusions: A distinct pattern of uveitis appears to be present among indigenous population of remote Central Australia. Posterior uveitis was commoner than anterior uveitis with a predominance of toxoplasma retinochoroiditis. Environmental factors appeared to be more important in this genetically distinct population, with infective causes and ocular trauma being the most common aetiologies of uveitis. |
Keywords: | Central Australian; epidemiology; Ocular Health Study; uveitis |
Rights: | © 2011 The Authors Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology © 2011 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02726.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02726.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Medical Sciences publications |
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