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Prevalence of Color Vision Deficiency among Adult Males from Baghdad Province

    Bassam Musa Sadik Al-Musawi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2014, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 134-139

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ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Color Vision Deficiency (CVD) is mostly an inherited trait and is not an uncommon problem. Prevalence of CVD differs among different ethnic and geographic properties of the population that affect their genetic constitution. Ishihara plates remain an internationally accepted tool for screening red-green CVD.
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of red-green CVD among adult males from Baghdad province.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:
One thousand and five (1005) adult males were enrolled in this study, using a systematic sampling technique, and were screened for CVD utilizing 24-plate Ishihara plates and re-tested by EnChroma 39-Color plates. All males were residing in Baghdad and the center of Iraq.
RESULTS:
Among all tested males, 948 reside in Baghdad province; of them, 64 showed red-green CVD; thus making prevalence rate of 6.75% in Baghdad province. The deutan/protan ratio was 2.79:1.
CONCLUSION:
Prevalence of CVD among the people of Baghdad lies within the published range for Caucasian males worldwide. Screening children/adult males for CVD from other provinces is recommended.
Keywords:
    KEYWORDS Screening ishihara test
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(2014). Prevalence of Color Vision Deficiency among Adult Males from Baghdad Province. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 13(1), 134-139.
Bassam Musa Sadik Al-Musawi. "Prevalence of Color Vision Deficiency among Adult Males from Baghdad Province". Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 13, 1, 2014, 134-139.
(2014). 'Prevalence of Color Vision Deficiency among Adult Males from Baghdad Province', Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 13(1), pp. 134-139.
Prevalence of Color Vision Deficiency among Adult Males from Baghdad Province. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2014; 13(1): 134-139.
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