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Tin Aung

Researcher at National University of Singapore

Publications -  796
Citations -  49433

Tin Aung is an academic researcher from National University of Singapore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Glaucoma & Population. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 762 publications receiving 40756 citations. Previous affiliations of Tin Aung include University Health System & Nanyang Technological University.

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Global prevalence of glaucoma and projections of glaucoma burden through 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: The global prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glauComa (PACG) and the number of affected people in 2020 and 2040 are examined, disproportionally affecting people residing in Asia and Africa.
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The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Glaucoma: A Review

TL;DR: Primary care physicians can play an important role in the diagnosis of glaucoma by referring patients with positive family history or with suspicious optic nerve head findings for complete ophthalmologic examination and can improve treatment outcomes by reinforcing the importance of medication adherence and persistence.
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Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

Mary F. Feitosa, +299 more
- 18 Jun 2018 - 
TL;DR: In insights into the role of alcohol consumption in the genetic architecture of hypertension, a large two-stage investigation incorporating joint testing of main genetic effects and single nucleotide variant (SNV)-alcohol consumption interactions is conducted.
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Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

Anubha Mahajan, +395 more
- 01 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, east Asian, south Asian and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry.