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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
3
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1976-12-3
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pubmed:abstractText |
Eye examinations were carried out a four Aboriginal reserves. Of 361 Aboriginal adults tested, 64 had a visual defect (visual acuity of 6/9 or worse) in each eye, a prevalence of 18%, with an additional 79 (22%) with a similar loss of acuity in one eye only; these were more frequently seen at the urbanized reserve of Koonibba. Only one full blood Aboriginal child within the less urbanized communities had a reduced visual acuity, whereas seven (10%) part blood children at a more urbanized reserve had reduced vision in both eyes, with a further nine (13%) in one eye only, not unlike figures quoted for South Australian school children. Vascular changes in the fundus oculi were observed and occurred more often when hypertension and/or hyperglycaemia were present. They consisted of arteriovenous crossing changes (26%), swelling of the retinal veins (3%) and altered light reflex (41%) and were not infrequently seen in the younger adult (20% of adults under 30 years had AV crossing changes and 46% had widened light streak). Analysis suggests that, although hypertension and hyperglycaemia are related to retinal vascular changes, other factors, as yet unidentified, are present in the Aboriginal population under consideration.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
0004-8291
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
6
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
205-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Australia,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Coronary Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Hyperglycemia,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Hypertension,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Oceanic Ancestry Group,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Retinal Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Retinal Vessels,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Vision Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:1067819-Visual Acuity
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pubmed:year |
1976
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Visual acuity and retinal changes in South Australian Aborigines.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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