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Prevalence and Incidence of Registered Severe Visual Impairment and Blindness Due to Uveitis in Germany.

Ocular immunology and inflammation

Authors: Jeany Q Li, Thomas Welchowski, Matthias Schmid, Robert P Finger

PURPOSE: To assess prevalence and incidence of severe visual impairment (VI) and blindness due to uveitis in Northrhine, Germany.

METHODS:  A random sample of 5088 out of 20 390 cases of the blindness registry in Northrhine was evaluated. The number of cases of severe VI and blindness were projected up to the year 2030.

RESULTS: The prevalence of registered severe VI and blindness due to uveitis was 1123.9 (95% CI: 1059.5 to 1191.2) per 100 000 in our study cohort and 550.31 (95% CI: 365.98-794.38) per 100 000 in Northrhine, respectively. The incidence of registered severe VI and blindness due to uveitis was 311.8 per 100 000 PYs (95% CI: 149.6-572.7) in our study cohort and 11.1 per 100 000 (95% CI: 5.6-19.8) in Northrhine, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: We report prevalence and incidence of severe VI and blindness due to uveitis in a large German cohort.

PMID: 37094081

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