2012
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9429
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Abstract: A higher rate of visual impairment was seen in this Bai nationality sample than has been reported from the Han nationality population in rural China. Since potentially treatable eye disease, cataract, and uncorrected refractive error were the most important causes of visual impairment in this population, affordable provision of surgery and low-vision rehabilitation programs would help to address this problem.

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“…Those who did not appear at the examination site were revisited, repeatedly if necessary, by a member of the enumeration team to encourage participation. Details of the study design, sampling plan, and baseline data are reported elsewhere [11], [12], [13].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Those who did not appear at the examination site were revisited, repeatedly if necessary, by a member of the enumeration team to encourage participation. Details of the study design, sampling plan, and baseline data are reported elsewhere [11], [12], [13].…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a previous report, we have described the detailed methodology of YMES, [19][20][21][22] and the prevalence of pterygium in the baseline survey conducted in 2010, in Bai ethnicity. 19 In brief, random cluster sampling strategies were used to select ethnic Bai adults, aged 50 years or older, living in a rural community in the Yunnan Province located in southwest China (eastern longitude 99.589 and northern latitude 25.259).…”
Section: Study Cohortmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yunnan is among the ethnically most diverse regions not only of China but also of all of Asia. The Yunnan Minority Eye Study (YMES) was designed to determine the prevalence and impact of eye diseases among rural south-western Chinese populations of the minority nationality (including the Bai, Dai, and Yi Nationality) [21], [22].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%