Prevalence of dry eye among an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan

To describe the epidemiology of dry eye in an elderly Chinese population in Taipei, Taiwan.A population-based cross-sectional study.The Shihpai Eye Study was a population-based survey of eye diseases in the elderly (> or =65 years) in Shihpai, Taipei, Taiwan. Noninstitutionalized residents, as of July 1999, were identified by using the official household registration database. A total of 2045 subjects were selected, and 1361 (66.6%) people...