Table 1 1 Age- and sex-specific prevalence of POAG from selected studies, only European and European-derived populations

40–49

50–59

60–69

70–79

80+

Total

Tielsch et al. 1991 [8]

Definite POAG

0.92

0.41

0.88

2.89

2.16

1.29

Baltimore, USA

CI

0–2.72

0–0.98

0.14–1.62

1.44–4.34

0.05–4.26

0.80–1.78

White people

< 60

60–69

70–79

80+

Total

Mitchell et al. 1996 [9]

Definite POAG

0.30

1.10

4.20

8.20

2.40

Sydney, Australia

40–49

50–59

60–69

70–79

80–89

90+

Total

Wensor et al. 1998 [10]

Definite POAG

0.10

0.60

1.90

5.20

5.50

11.80

1.70

Melbourne, Australia

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80–84

85–89

90+

Total

Tuck & Crick 1998 [11]

Fitted values

0.12

0.21

0.35

0.59

0.97

1.51

2.25

3.12

4.01

4.33

1.23

Pooled data, estimations

definite POAG

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

Total

Wolfs et al. 2000 [12]

Men (Definite)

0.20

0.60

0.80

1.30

1.90

3.60

1.10

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Women (Definite)

0.00

0.10

0.90

1.10

0.60

1.30

0.60

Total (Definite)

0.10

0.40

0.90

1.20

1.10

2.00

0.80

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80–84

85–89

90+

Total

Tuck & Crick 2003 [13]

Fitted values

0.22

0.33

0.51

0.77

1.15

1.68

2.41

3.35

4.48

5.72

7.24

1.44

Pooled data, estimations

definite POAG

40–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

Friedmann et al. 2004 [14]

Men

0.83

0.89

1.02

1.23

1.58

2.16

3.12

6.94

Pooled data from former studies

CI

0.65–1.06

0.78–1.02

0.89–1.16

1.07–1.41

1.37–1.82

1.87–2.49

2.68–3.63

5.4–8.88

White people only

Women

0.36

0.61

0.85

1.18

1.64

2.27

3.14

5.58

CI

0.27–0.47

0.5–0.74

0.72–1

1.02–1.37

1.4–1.91

1.9–2.72

2.53–3.9

4.15–7.47

73–74

75–79

80–84

85+

Total

Friedmann et al. 2006 [15]

Total

3.40

9.30

7.30

13.10

8.50

Salisbury, USA

CI

0.5–6.4

6.5–12.2

3.9–10.6

7.7–18.4

6.7–10.3

White persons

40–49

50–59

60–69

70–79

80–89

90–95

Rudnicka et al. 2006 [16]

Total

0.40

0.80

1.60

3.30

6.60

10.80

Meta-Analysis, White people

CI

0.3–0.6

0.5–1.2

1.1–2.5

2.2–4.9

4.4–9.7

7.2–15.8

in Europe, America, and Australia

< 49

50–59

60–69

70–79

80–89

90+

Total

Wolfram & Pfeiffer 2012 [17]

Raw

0.48

3.40

9.00

14.42

13.77

5.09

3.89

Rhineland-Palatine, Germany

Estimated (Raw/4)

0.12

0.85

2.25

3.61

3.44

1.27

0.97

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90

Kapetanakis et al. 2016 [5]

Total

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.0

1.4

2.0

2.7

3.8

5.3

7.3

10.0

White, selected ages, estimations

CI

0.2–0.5

0.4–0.7

0.5–1.0

0.7–1.4

1.0–1.9

1.5–2.7

2.1–3.7

2.9–5.1

4.0–7.1

5.5–9.8

7.4–13.5

by meta-analysis

Men

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.1

1.5

2.0

2.8

3.8

5.1

7.0

9.4

CI

0.2–1.0

0.2–1.4

0.3–1.9

0.4–2.6

0.6–3.6

0.8–4.9

1.1–6.6

1.6–8.9

2.1–12.0

2.9–15.9

3.9–21.0

Women

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.9

1.2

1.6

2.1

2.8

3.7

4.9

6.5

CI

0.1–0.9

0.2–1.2

0.3–1.6

0.3–2.1

0.5–2.8

0.6–3.8

0.8–5.0

1.1–6.6

1.5–8.7

2.0–11.5

2.7–15.0