Yoo Kristy

Identifying, Understanding, and Addressing Disparities in Glaucoma Care in the United States.

By recognizing underlying causes and proposing potential solutions, healthcare providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders can work collaboratively to reduce the burden of glaucoma and improve visual health and clinical outcomes in vulnerable patient populations.

Rates and Patterns of Diagnostic Conversion from Anatomical Narrow Angle to Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma in the United States.

Annual risk of diagnostic conversion from ANA to PACG is relatively low overall; elderly patients are at higher risk whereas patients receiving cataract surgery are at lower risk.

Patterns and Disparities in Recorded Gonioscopy During Initial Glaucoma Evaluations in the United States.

More than 70% patients undergoing initial glaucoma evaluation in the United States do not have a record of gonioscopy, especially elderly, non-Hispanic White, and pseudophakic patients in non-Northeast regions.

Relationship Between Glaucoma and Chronic Stress Quantified by Allostatic Load Score in the All of Us Research Program.

AoU participants with glaucoma had greater AL 6.4 years before diagnosis, and the AL score partially mediated racial or ethnic differences in glaucoma risk.

Practice Patterns and Sociodemographic Disparities in the Clinical Care of Anatomical Narrow Angles in the United States.

More than a quarter of patients with newly diagnosed ANA receive treatment with LPI.