Etiology of ocular diseases in elderly Amis aborigines in Eastern Taiwan (The Amis Eye Study)

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-271

  Huang, Tzu Lun ^a   Hsu, Sheng Yao ^a   Tsai, Rong Kung ^a   Sheu, Min Muh ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amis elderly aborigines in Taiwan; Austronesian; etiology of ocular diseases

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CORNEA OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TAIWAN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77956018994     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-010-0817-x     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Website of the Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan, http://www.apc.gov.tw/main/index.jsp, 2007
2. J.A. Trejaut T. Kivisild J.H. Loo, et al. 2005 Traces of archaic mitochondrial lineages persist in Austronesian-speaking Formosan populations PLoS Biol 3 1362 1372 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2MXosVeiuro%3D
3. Hsu M. Culture, self, and adaptation. The psychological anthropology of two Malayo-Polynesian groups in Taiwan. Taipei: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica; 1991. p. 32-34.
4. Chang WH. The Amis village of ligates, change and continuity [dissertation]. Sydney: Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney; 1989. p. 6-17.
5. Chen ST, Chen KH. The distribution of HLA-A, B, C antigens among the Taiwan indigenous population. Paper presented at the International Symposium on cultural as well as biological affinities among the indigenous people of Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, 21-23 May 1996, Taipei, Taiwan.
6. M. Lin C.C. Chu H.L. Lee, et al. 2000 Heterogeneity of Taiwan's indigenous population: Possible relation to prehistoric Mongoloid dispersals Tissue Antigens 55 1 9 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2000.550101.x 1:STN:280: DC%2BD3c7ms1ensw%3D%3D 10703601
7. Hsu M, Lain S, Wu M. The history of Formosan aborigines: Amis. The Historical Research Commission of Taiwan Province; 2001. p. 19-42.
8. I. Thomson 1997 A clinic based survey of blindness and eye disease in Cambodia Br J Ophthalmol 81 578 580 10.1136/bjo.81.7.578 1:STN:280: DyaK2svjsFOjtA%3D%3D 9290373
9. P. Bellwood 1991 The Austronesian dispersal and the origin of languages Sci Am 7 70 75
10. A. Motegi N. Kunitomo S. Kumano, et al. 1944 Epidemiology in eye diseases of aborigines, part I J Formos Med Assoc 43 778 790
11. A. Motegi N. Kunitomo S. Kumano, et al. 1944 Epidemiology of ocular diseases in aborigines, part II J Formos Med Assoc 43 826 836
12. A. Motegi G.S. Liao S. Kumano, et al. 1945 Epidemiology of ocular diseases in aborigines, part III J Formos Med Assoc 44 1 11
13. A. Motegi G.S. Liao S. Kumano, et al. 1945 Epidemiology of ocular diseases in aborigines, part IV J Formos Med Assoc 44 71 81
14. S. Genuth K.G. Alberti P. Bennett, et al. 2003 Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. Follow-up report on the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus Diabetes Care 26 3160 3167 10.2337/diacare.26.12. 3331 14578255
15. R. Klein M.D. Davis Y.L. Magli, et al. 1991 The Wisconsin age-related maculopathy grading system Ophthalmology 98 1128 1134 1:STN:280: DyaK3MzmslCrsQ%3D%3D 1843453
16. A.C. Bird N.M. Bressler S.B. Bressler, et al. 1995 International ARM Epidemiological Study Group. An international classification and grading system for age-related maculopathy and age-related macular degeneration Surv Ophthalmol 39 367 374 10.1016/S0039-6257(05)80092-X 1:STN:280:DyaK2MzivVSnsg%3D%3D 7604360
17. L.T. Chylack Jr J.K. Wolfe S.Y. Wu, et al. 1993 The lens opacities classification system III. The Longitudinal Study of Cataract Study Group Arch Ophthalmol 111 831 836 8512486
18. H.D. Chen C.K. Shaw W.P. Tseng, et al. 1997 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in Aborigines and Chinese in eastern Taiwan Diabetes Res Clin Pract 38 199 205 10.1016/S0168-8227(97)00104-6 1:STN:280:DyaK1c7ksVersw%3D%3D 9483387
19. C.Y. Tsai L.C. Wong P. Chou, et al. 2005 The current status of visual disability in the elderly population of Taiwan Jpn J Ophthalmol 49 166 172 10.1007/s10384-004-0164-x 15838737
20. G.S. Martinez A.J. Campbell J. Peinken, et al. 1982 Prevalence of ocular disease in a population study of subjects 65 years old and older Am J Ophthalmol 94 181 189 1:STN:280:DyaL383otFGmsw%3D%3D 7114140
21. H.R. Taylor 1989 Ultraviolet radiation and the eye: an epidemiologic study Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 87 802 853 1:STN:280:DyaK3c7psVGmsw%3D%3D 2562534
22. T.D. Tenkate 1998 Ultraviolet radiation: human exposure and health risks J Environ Health 61 9 15
23. T.J. Threlfall D.R. English 1999 Sun exposure and pterygium of the eye: a dose-response curve Am J Ophthalmol 128 280 287 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00161-0 1:STN:280:DyaK1MvjvFSgug%3D%3D 10511020
24. F. Hollows D. Moran 1981 Cataract-the ultraviolet risk factor Lancet 2 1249 1250 10.1016/S0140-6736(81)91490-2 1:STN:280:DyaL38%2FnvFKltQ%3D%3D 6118668
25. W.S. Mao T.S. Hu 2006 An epidemiologic survey of senile cataract in China Chin Med J 95 813 818
26. J.H. Kinoshita 1974 Mechanisms initiating cataract formation Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 13 713 724 1:CAS:528:DyaE2MXivFaqsw%3D%3D
27. C.W. Chen Y.H. Tsai C.Y. Lin, et al. 1962 An epidemiologic study of pterygium among Taiwan aborigines Trans Soc Ophthalmol Sinicae 12 12 19
28. C.W. Chen S.S. Chuang 1976 Prevalence of pterygium among plain aborigines of Paiwan tribe of Chin-Fong-Hsian, Tai-Tong-Shien Trans Soc Ophthalmol Sinicae 15 27 34
29. S.F. Lin R.K. Tsai S. Min-Muh, et al. 2006 An epidemiologic study of pterygium in middle-aged and elderly aboriginal populations of the Tao tribe of Orchid Island in Taiwan Tzu Chi Med J 18 283 286
30. F.D. Mackenzie L.W. Hirst D. Battistutta A. Green 1992 Risk analysis in the development of pterygia Ophthalmology 99 1056 1061 1:STN:280: DyaK38zlslCgtg%3D%3D 1495784
31. Y.C. Ko S.F. Hsieh 1994 Leading cause of deaths in Taiwan aborigines Kaohsiung J Med Sci 10 352 366 1:STN:280:DyaK2czns1ehsQ%3D%3D
32. D.N. Hu J.D. Simon T. Sarna 2008 Role of ocular melanin in ophthalmic physiology and pathology Photochem Photobiol 84 639 644 10.1111/j.1751-1097. 2008.00316.x 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1cXls1Wrtbw%3D 18346089
33. J.M. Tielsch A. Sommer K. Witt, et al. 1990 Blindness and visual impairment in an American urban population. The Baltimore Eye Survey Arch Ophthalmol 108 286 290 1:STN:280:DyaK3c7kslWrsg%3D%3D 2271016
34. W. Smith J. Assink R. Klein, et al. 2001 Risk factors for age-related macular degeneration Ophthalmology 108 697 704 10.1016/S0161-6420(00)00580-7 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3M3hslOgsQ%3D%3D 11297486
35. J. Goldberg G. Flowerdew E. Smith, et al. 1988 Factors associated with age-related macular degeneration Am J Epidemiol 128 700 710 1:STN:280: DyaL1czjvVGqsg%3D%3D 3421236
36. J.K. Cruickshanks R.F. Hamman R. Klein, et al. 1997 The prevalence of age-related maculopathy by geographic region and ethnicity Arch Ophthalmol 115 242 250 1:STN:280:DyaK2s7pvVajtA%3D%3D 9046260
37. L. Hyman A.P. Schachat Q. He, et al. 2000 Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and age-related macular degeneration Arch Ophthalmol 117 351 358
38. N. Jaross P. Ryan H. Newland 2005 Incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy in an Aboriginal Australian population: results from the Katherine Region Diabetic Retinopathy Study (KRDRS). Report no. 2 Clin Exp Ophthalmol 33 26 33 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00939.x
39. I. Mann 1972 Eye disease in the Eskimo and in the Australian Aboriginal: a brief comparison Acta Ophthalmol 50 543 548 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1972.tb05982.x 1:STN:280:DyaE3s%2FksFSksw%3D%3D
40. I. Mann D. Potter 1969 A preliminary study of the Maoris of New Zealand Am J Ophthalmol 67 358 369 1:STN:280:DyaF1M7jsFCitQ%3D%3D 4975374
41. S.A. Heath B.H. Heath 1973 Trachoma and other eye disease in a New Guinea village Am J Ophthalmol 75 121 129 1:STN:280:DyaE3s%2FosVKjug%3D%3D 4684254
42. I. Mann D. Potter 1969 A preliminary study of the Maoris of New Zealand Am J Ophthalmol 67 358 369 1:STN:280:DyaF1M7jsFCitQ%3D%3D 4975374
43. S.A. Heath B.H. Heath 1973 Trachoma and other eye disease in a New Guinea village Am J Ophthalmol 75 121 129 1:STN:280:DyaE3s%2FosVKjug%3D%3D 4684254
44. N.Y. Chen C.W. Chen W.L. Huang, et al. 1984 The refraction screening among primary school children in mountain area of Shiow-Lin Hsuang, Huea-Lian Hsien Trans Soc Ophthalmol Sinicae 23 14 19
45. Y.S. Liang I.C. Lai T.Y. Loke, et al. 1984 Preliminary report of ocular examination in school children Trans Soc Ophthalmol Sinicae 23 1 7
46. L.K. Lin Y.F. Shih C.B. Tsai, et al. 1999 Epidemiologic study of ocular refraction among schoolchildren in Taiwan in 1995 Optom Vis Sci 76 1 7 10.1097/00006324-199901000-00001
47. H.C. Chang Y.F. Shih L.K. Lin, et al. 1999 A review of myopia studies in Taiwan Trans Soc Ophthalmol Sinicae 38 313 327