Tetsuya Yamamoto

TL;DR: In this paper, the prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and its association with intraocular pressure (IOP) in Tajimi City in central Japan was assessed.

TL;DR: Although the specific mutations found in each of the five populations were different, the overall frequency of myocilin mutations was similar ( approximately 2-4%) in all populations, suggesting that the increased rate of glaucoma in African Americans is not due to a higher prevalence of myOCilin mutation.

TL;DR: The prevalence of low vision and blindness in Japanese adults was one of the lowest among those reported, and the major causes were cataract and glaucoma and the leading cause of monocular blindness was myopic macular degeneration.

TL;DR: The prevalence of myopia decreased with age up to 70 to 79 years but increased slightly in patients 80 years and older; the prevalence of hyperopia showed the opposite trend; and polar value analysis and the vector calculation method showed a trend toward against-the-rule astigmatism with increasing age.

TL;DR: Intraocular pressure (IOP), age, myopia, and history of hypertension differed between POAG patients and controls in univariate analyses, and together with IOP, age and age were significant risk factors for having POAG.