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. 2013 Aug 1;8(8):e66158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066158

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.