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Eye Research

Research from University of Tokyo, Medical Department in the area of eye research described

Published in Elder Law Weekly, July 1st, 2009

According to recent research from Hongo, Japan, " To estimate the population-based prevalence of disc haemorrhages (DHs) in an elderly Japanese population and evaluate related factors including optic disc morphology. Patients and methods Colour fundus photographs were taken during the screening examination of the Tajimi Study, during which 3021 of 3870 eligible residents of the city aged 40 years or older were screened (response rate, 78.1%)."

"All fundus photographs were graded by one masked examiner to determine the presence of DHs. Good quality fundus photographs were available for both eyes of 2761 subjects. DHs were found in at least one eye of 34 subjects (1.2%;...

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