We used data from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) to provide up-to-date epidemiological estimates of the prevalence of vision impairment among the Indian population. We find that older adults, and particularly women, marginalized groups and those from lower socioeconomic strata, had a higher prevalence of visual impairment.
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This is a summary of: Ehrlich, J. R., Agarwal, A., Young, C., Lee, J. & Bloom, D. E. The prevalence of vision impairment and blindness among older adults in India: findings from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India. Nat. Aging, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-022-00298-6 (2022).
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Epidemiological insights into visual impairment among older adults in India. Nat Aging 2, 989–990 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-022-00299-5
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