08.03.2018 |
Eve J. Higginbotham, SM, MD
the authors examined the longitudinal differences in perimetric testing in ancestry groups and determined that patients of African ancestry showed greater variability in visual field testing than individuals of European ancestry. As the authors noted, this finding and its underlying mathematical modeling suggests that delayed detection of progression of visual impairment may occur in patients of African descent.
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(4):335-336. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.6852