dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T20:57:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-20T02:04:34Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T20:57:01Z
dc.date.available2022-12-20T02:04:34Z
dc.date.created2022-04-28T20:57:01Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.identifierArquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, v. 72, n. 1, p. 39-42, 2009.
dc.identifier0004-2749
dc.identifier1678-2925
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/225668
dc.identifier2-s2.0-70350702615
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5405798
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To present the characteristics of individuals and the prevalence of ectropium eyelid in a random sample of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Data were collected during the Project on Prevention of Blindness, Faculty of Medicine of Botucatu - UNESP, a systematic random household sample was obtained. We evaluated 10,432 individuals, residents in 11 cities of the health regional located in the Central-Western region of the state of São Paulo. The results were submitted to statistical analysis to evaluate descriptive variables and the prevalence of ectropium eyelid. Results: Seventy-one ectropium eyelid patients were detected, with an estimated prevalence of 0.68%. The prevalence was not similar in all the studied municipalities. Most people with ectropium eyelid presented age over 70 years and were male. Cataract was concurrently present in 28.0% of them. Conclusion: The prevalence of ectropium population in the Central-Western region of São Paulo state is 0.68%. The ectropium eyelid affect mainly male, over 70 years relating sun light exposition and with normal visual acuity.
dc.languagepor
dc.relationArquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectBrazil/epidemiology
dc.subjectEctropion/epidemiology
dc.subjectEye diseases/epidemiology
dc.subjectPrevalence
dc.subjectVisual acuity
dc.titlePrevalência do ectrópio palpebral e características dos portadores na população da região Centro-Oeste do Estado de São Paulo
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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