Table 5

Rate of glaucomatous optic neuropathy, subdivided according to mean gonioscopic width*

Mean angle widthTotal
10°20°30°⩾40°
* Mean gonioscopic width calculated by adding Shaffer grade in each of four quadrants and dividing by 4; 0 = 0 in all quadrants, 1 = 0.25–1.25, 2 = 1.5–2.25, 3 = 2.5–3.25, 4 = 3.5–4.
Eyes having previous intraocular surgery and secondary pathology such as iris neovascularisation were excluded.
The Singapore cohort were selected to include proportionally more elderly subjects than are found in the national population (not using probably proportional to size sampling), and hence the rate of glaucoma does not correspond to a population prevalence.
Mongolia
Number with GON1604213
% Rate of GON (95% CI)100% (21 to 100)11.8% (5.5 to 23.4)0.0% (0 to 2.9)1.1% (0.4 to 2.9)0.5% (0.1 to 1.9)1.4% (0.8 to 2.4)
Singapore
Number with GON0213410
% Rate of GON (95% CI)2.0% (0.6, 7.1)0.3% (0.1, 1.9)0.9% (0.3 to 2.5)1.5% (0.6 to 3.9)1.0% (0.5 to 1.8)