Prevalence and Risk Factors of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Posterior Blepharitis and Dry Eye based on a Population-Based Study (Hirado-Takushima Study) in Takushima Island in Japan

Reiko Arita, MD, PhD^1,2 Takanori Mizoguchi, MD, ^1,3
Motoko Kawashima, MD, PhD^1,4 Shima Fukuoka, MD, ^1,5
Shizuka Koh, MD, PhD^1,6 Rika Shirakawa, MD, PhD^1,7
Takashi Suzuki, MD, PhD^1,8 Naoyuki Morishige MD, PhD^1,8

• 1)Lid and Meibomian Gland Working Group (LIME), Japan.
• 2)Department of Ophthalmology, Itoh Clinic, Saitama, Japan.
• 3)Mizoguchi Eye Clinic, Nagasaki, Japan.
• 4)Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
• 5)Omiya Hamada Eye Clinic, Saitama, Japan.
• 6)Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
• 7)Department of Ophthalmology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• 8)Department of Ophthalmology Toho University Oomori Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
• 9)Division of Cornea and Ocular Surface, Oshima Eye Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.

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