Kurzfassung

Aims:

• To analyze the distribution of visual impairment and blindness in the GHS cohort by age and gender


• To analyze underlying causes, in particular history of ophthalmological diseases, refractive errors, previous eye surgeries


• To associate the prevalence of visual impairment and blindness with major general health problems such as arterial hypertension, diabetes, obesity


• To estimate the prevalence of visual impairment and blindness for the general population in Germany according to the...