Ophthalmology
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 1705-1712, September 2010

Incidence of Glaucomatous Visual Field Loss: A Ten-Year Follow-up from the Rotterdam Study

Presented at: the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2009 Annual Meeting, May 2009, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

  • Monika A. Czudowska, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Wishal D. Ramdas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Roger C.W. Wolfs, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Albert Hofman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Paulus T.V.M. De Jong, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Ophthalmogenetics, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Ophthalmology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Johannes R. Vingerling, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Johannes R. Vingerling, MD, PhD, Departments of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Nomdo M. Jansonius, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 27 May 2009; received in revised form 15 January 2010; accepted 19 January 2010. published online 29 June 2010.

Available online: June 29, 2010.

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 Manuscript no. 2009-720.

 Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.

 Financial support: The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) grant 2200.0035, The Hague; Lijf en Leven, Krimpen a/d Lek; MD Fonds, Utrecht. Oogfonds Nederland, Utrecht; MD Fonds, Utrecht; Stichting Nederlands Oogheelkundig Onderzoek, Nijmegen/Rotterdam; Swart van Essen, Rotterdam; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, The Hague; Bevordering van Volkskracht, Rotterdam; Blindenhulp, The Hague; Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden, Utrecht; Rotterdamse Vereniging voor Blindenbelangen, Rotterdam; OOG, The Hague; Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging ter Voorkoming van Blindheid, Doorn; Laméris Ootech BV, Nieuwegein; Medical Workshop BV, Groningen; Topcon Europe BV, Capelle aan de IJssel, all in the Netherlands, and Heidelberg Engineering, Dossenheim, Germany. The sponsors or funding organizations had no role in the design, conduct, analysis or publication of this research.

 This population-based prospective study estimates the 10-year incidence of glaucomatous visual field loss in a general elderly white population to be approximately 3%.

PII: S0161-6420(10)00063-1

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.01.034

Ophthalmology
Volume 117, Issue 9 , Pages 1705-1712, September 2010

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