Table 1. Prevalence of selected eye parameters, stratified by gender and weighted with the old European standard population.
Weighted | All | Men | Women |
Glaucoma | 1.49% | 1.34% | 1.68% |
Contact lenses | 4.98% | 3.24% | 6.51% |
Eye drops | 9.68% | 6.79% | 12.43% |
Relevant eye drops | 1.72% | 1.46% | 2.03% |
Corneal pathology | 3.74% | 4.59% | 2.96% |
Relevant corneal pathology | 0.48% | 0.48% | 0.48% |
Lens status (Pseudophakia) | 1.63% | 1.53% | 1.76% |
Family history of eye disease | 10.45% | 7.97% | 12.63% |
Relevant eye disease in family history | 4.61% | 3.79% | 5.58% |
Relative frequencies are shown.
Relevant eye drops: antiglaucomatous eye drops.
Eye drops in general: drops for dry-eye syndrome, general eye care products.
Relevant cornel pathologies: corneal scarring, corneal dystrophies (such as cornea guttata/Fuchs endothelial dystrophy).
Relevant eye disease in family history: history of glaucoma.