Much higher prevalence of keratoconus than announced results of the Gutenberg Health Study (GHS).
Susanne Marx-GrossAchim FießThomas MünzelPhilipp Sebastian WildManfred Elmar BeutelIrene SchmidtmannKarl Johannes LacknerNorbert PfeifferAlexander Karl-Georg SchusterPublished in: Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie (2023)
The prevalence of keratoconus disease in a mainly Caucasian population is approximately tenfold higher than previously reported in the literature using latest technologies (Scheimpflug imaging). Contrary to previous assumptions, we did not find associations with sex, existing atopy, thyroid dysfunction, diabetes, smoking, and depression.