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Prevalence of congenital red-green color vision defects among various ethnic groups of students in Erbil City
Joint Authors
Karim, Karim J.
Salim, Muhammad A.
Source
Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 6, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2013), pp.235-238, 4 p.
Publisher
The Hashemite University Deanship of Academic Research and Graduate
Publication Date
2013-09-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The incidence of color blindness varies from race to race and in different geographical area.
Since, there is no such report about the prevalence of color blindness in the Kurdistan region (North of Iraq), the present study had been conducted to find out the incidence of color blindness among preliminary, secondary and college students of Erbil city, Kurdistan region Iraq.
Participant’s (n = 1856, 1275 males, 581 females, age group 7 to 25 years) color vision was tested by using Ishihara chart.
Among 1275 male students, 108 students (8.47 %) were found to be color blind: 42 of them showed deuteranomalia, 39 protanomalia, 20 deuteranopia and 7 protanopia.
Among 581 female students, 8 females (1.37 %) were found to be color blind : 5 of them showed protanomalia, 2 deuteranomalia and 1 deuteranopia.
Data observed by Chi-square test showed there was no significant difference between ethnic groups of both male and female students.
Studies on color blindness in Kurdistan region are very few ; we hope this student-based investigation is meant to fill a gap in this field.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Karim, Karim J.& Salim, Muhammad A.. 2013. Prevalence of congenital red-green color vision defects among various ethnic groups of students in Erbil City. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 6, no. 3, pp.235-238.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-340323
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Karim, Karim J.& Salim, Muhammad A.. Prevalence of congenital red-green color vision defects among various ethnic groups of students in Erbil City. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 6, no. 3 (Sep. 2013), pp.235-238.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-340323
American Medical Association (AMA)
Karim, Karim J.& Salim, Muhammad A.. Prevalence of congenital red-green color vision defects among various ethnic groups of students in Erbil City. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences. 2013. Vol. 6, no. 3, pp.235-238.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-340323
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 237-238
Record ID
BIM-340323