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SUBMITTER: Fang XL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7804407 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fang Xiao Ling XL Chong Crystal Chun Yuen CCY Thakur Sahil S Da Soh Zhi Z Teo Zhen Ling ZL Majithia Shivani S Lim Zhi Wei ZW Rim Tyler Hyungtaek TH Sabanayagam Charumathi C Wong Tien Yin TY Cheng Ching-Yu CY Tham Yih-Chung YC
Scientific reports 20210112 1
We evaluated the 6-year incidence and risk factors of pterygium in a multi-ethnic Asian population. Participants who attended the baseline visit of the Singapore Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Study (year 2004-2011) and returned six years later, were included in this study. Pterygium was diagnosed based on anterior segment photographs. Incident pterygium was defined as presence of pterygium at 6-year follow-up in either eye, among individuals without pterygium at baseline. Multivariable logistic r ...[more]