Ophthalmology
Volume 114, Issue 6 , Pages 1058-1064 , June 2007

Nine-Year Incidence of Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Barbados Eye Studies

  • M. Cristina Leske, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to M. Cristina Leske, Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, L3 HSC Room 086, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8036.
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  • S.Y. Wu, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
    • ,
  • R. Honkanen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
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  • B. Nemesure, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
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  • A. Schachat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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  • L. Hyman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
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  • A. Hennis, FRCP(UK), PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
    • Ministry of Health, Bridgetown, Barbados.
    • Chronic Disease Research Centre, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados.
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  • Barbados Eye Studies Group

      Affiliations

    • For Group membership, see Leske MC, Wu SY, Hennis A, et al. Nine-year incidence of age-related macular degeneration in the Barbados Eye Studies. Ophthalmology 2006;113:29–35.

Received 6 July 2006 ,Accepted 29 August 2006.

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 Manuscript no. 2006-739.

 Supported by the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (grant nos. EY07625, EY07617).

PII: S0161-6420(06)01321-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.08.051

Ophthalmology
Volume 114, Issue 6 , Pages 1058-1064 , June 2007

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