Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

Ching-Yu Cheng; Ningli Wang; Tien Y Wong; Nathan Congdon; Mingguang He; Ya Xing Wang; Tasanee Braithwaite; Robert J Casson; Maria Vittoria Cicinelli; Aditi Das; Seth R Flaxman; Jost B Jonas; Jill Elizabeth Keeffe; John H Kempen; Janet Leasher; Hans Limburg; Kovin Naidoo; Konrad Pesudovs; Serge Resnikoff; Alexander J Silvester; Nina Tahhan; Hugh R Taylor; Rupert R A Bourne

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-313308

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Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

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Ching-Yu Cheng Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program (Eye ACP), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ningli Wang Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Ophthalmology & Visual Science Key Lab, Beijing, China Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tien Y Wong Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program (Eye ACP), Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nathan Congdon Preventive Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Guangdong, China Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast School of Medicine Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Belfast, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mingguang He Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ya Xing Wang Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing, China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tasanee Braithwaite School of Medicine, Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU), Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert J Casson Ophthalmology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Vittoria Cicinelli Department of Ophthalmology, University Vita-Salute, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aditi Das Ophthalmic Public Health, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Seth R Flaxman Department of Mathematics and Data Science Institute, Imperial College, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jost B Jonas Department of Ophthalmology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Seegartenklinik Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jill Elizabeth Keeffe L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John H Kempen Ophthalmology and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Janet Leasher HPD/College of Optometry, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hans Limburg Health Information Services, Grootebroek, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kovin Naidoo African Vision Research Institute, Durban, South Africa PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Konrad Pesudovs Pesudovs, GLENELG, South Australia, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Serge Resnikoff Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander J Silvester Ophthalmology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nina Tahhan Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hugh R Taylor Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rupert R A Bourne School of Medicine, Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU), Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study
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Correspondence to Professor Rupert R A Bourne, School of Medicine, Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU), Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK; rb{at}rupertbourne.co.uk

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Cheng C, Wang N, Wong TY on behalf of the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study, et al

Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

British Journal of Ophthalmology 2020;104:616-622.

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Received October 2, 2018
Revised July 21, 2019
Accepted August 11, 2019
First published August 28, 2019.

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April 20, 2020

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