Prevalence of uveitis in indigenous populations presenting to remote clinics of Central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study
| dc.contributor.author | Chang, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Landers, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Henderson, T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Craig, J. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: To report the prevalence of current and previous uveitis within the indigenous population living within Central Australia. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study in Central Australia. Participants: One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four subjects who identified themselves as indigenous Australians, presenting to the remote clinics during the 36-month period between July 2005 and June 2008. Methods: Clinical assessments for active or previous uveitis were performed. Data were collected using a standardized form. Main Outcome Measures: Prevalence of various types of uveitis. Results: Four of 1881 subjects had evidence of previous or current anterior uveitis, giving a prevalence for anterior uveitis of 0.21% (95% confidence interval, 0.01–0.42%). Eleven of 1854 patients had signs of previous posterior uveitis, giving a prevalence for posterior uveitis of 0.59% (95% confidence inteval 0.24–0.94%). Nine of the 11 patients with posterior uveitis cases (82%) had presumed toxoplasma retinochoroiditis. There were no cases of intermediate uveitis or panuveitis observed in this study. There were no observed cases consistent with well-recognized clinical uveitic syndromes, such as Behçet’s disease or Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome. Conclusions: A distinct pattern of uveitis appears to be present among indigenous population of remote Central Australia. Posterior uveitis was commoner than anterior uveitis with a predominance of toxoplasma retinochoroiditis. Environmental factors appeared to be more important in this genetically distinct population, with infective causes and ocular trauma being the most common aetiologies of uveitis. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | J.H. Chang, J. Landers, T.R.M. Henderson and J.E. Craig | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2012; 40(5):448-453 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02726.x | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1442-6404 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1442-9071 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/102040 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | |
| dc.rights | © 2011 The Authors Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology © 2011 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists | |
| dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02726.x | |
| dc.subject | Central Australian; epidemiology; Ocular Health Study; uveitis | |
| dc.title | Prevalence of uveitis in indigenous populations presenting to remote clinics of Central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |