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SUBMITTER: Castro JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5794758 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Castro Julia Silvestre de JS Selegatto Iara Borin IB Castro Rosane Silvestre de RS Miranda Eliana C M ECM de Vasconcelos José Paulo Cabral JPC de Carvalho Keila Monteiro KM Arieta Carlos Eduardo Leite CEL Alves Monica M
Scientific reports 20180201 1
To evaluate dry eye prevalence and investigate associated risk factors in Brazil by applying a short questionnaire of symptoms and risk factors. A cross-sectional study of 3,107 participants from all the five different geopolitical regions of Brazil. Overall prevalence of dry eye in this study population was 12.8%. Dry eye previous diagnosis was reported by 10.2% and presence of severe symptoms in 4.9%. Logistic regression analysis confirmed some significantly risk factors, such as female sex (O ...[more]