A literature review shed light on the disparities in prevalence, treatment outcomes, adherence to therapy and access to care between persons of African descent and European descent affected by open-angle glaucoma.
Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) is disproportionally more prevalent in persons of African descent, who also tend to have a more severe course of the disease. This finding could be potentially explained by structural and/or vascular differences within eye tissues, but the mechanisms behind disparities are probably more complex and remain poorly understood, the authors wrote. Through PubMed,