TY - JOUR T1 - Highlights from this issue JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - i LP - ii DO - 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-314702 VL - 103 IS - 7 AU - Keith Barton AU - James Chodosh AU - Jost B Jonas Y1 - 2019/07/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/103/7/i.abstract N2 - The age-standardised prevalence of vision impairment for all ages and genders decreased from 1990 to 2015 in NAME. Cataract and refractive errors were the leading causes of vision impairment in 1990 and 2015.Age-standardised prevalence of blindness in South Asia was more than twice the global prevalence with one third of the global blind residing in South Asia and under corrected refractive error and cataract as most common causesThe age-standardised prevalence of blindness for all ages and both genders was higher in the Oceania region but lower for MSVI when comparing the subregions. The prevalence of near vision impairment in people?50 years was 41%In 2015, across Latin America and the Caribbean, age-standardised prevalence was 0.38% in all ages and 1.56% in those over age 50 for blindness; 2.06% in all ages and 7.86% in those over age 50 for moderate and severe vision impairment (MSVI)The authors report associations between macular thickness with inter-ethnic difference (between Chinese, Malays and Indians), cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, corneal curvature and cataracts, … ER -