Congenital Color Blindness in Young Turkish Men
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Vol. 12 (2), 133-137
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09286580590932743
Abstract
We investigated a healthy population of men from different regions of Turkey for the presence of congenital red-green color blindness. Using Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plates, 941 healthy men from the Turkish army were tested for congenital red-green color blindness. The prevalence of red-green color blindness was 7.33 ± 0.98% (5.10% protans and 2.23% deutans). These ratios were higher than other reported samples from Mediterranean Europe. Higher percentages of color blindness were found in regions with a lower education level and more consanguineous marriages.Keywords
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