Prevalence of inherited color vision deficiency among male school students in Nablus, Palestine / 国际眼科杂志(Guoji Yanke Zazhi)

ABSTRACT

@#AIM: To find out the prevalence of inherited color vision deficiency(CVD)among Palestinian male-school children aged 14-18 and compare it with other eastern and western countries. <p>METHODS: Six hundred and thirty-four male subjects(<i>n</i>=634)aged 14-18 from Palestinian Governorate of Nablus were randomly selected and screened using Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plates. Subjects who failed Ishihara screening were tested further with computer software of Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue test.<p>RESULTS: Out of the 634 male participants, 597 were included in the study and 8.0% of them(48 males)demonstrated red-green CVD. 5.4%, 2.3% and 0.3% of the 48 males exhibited deutan, protan and total color vision deficiency(monochromacy), respectively.<p>CONCLUSION: The results show that the prevalence of red-green CVD among the male school children from Palestinian Governorate of Nablus is not significantly different from that of male populations in nearby and Western countries.