A recent study has found that factors like age, gender and location can play vital role in detecting people at the risk of developing glaucoma. Glaucoma is an eye disorder that is also known as Exfoliation Syndrome (ES) in medical terms.

The study co-author, Louis Pasquale said, "In this study we found that women are more vulnerable to this disease than men that ES is not a disease of Norwegian descent, and that where you live do matter when it comes to developing the disease".

The study was conducted by researchers from various medical institutes, including Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. For the research, the researchers collected information from Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS).

During the study, it was also found that family history of the disease also plays vital role in affecting one's life. The chances of a person developing glaucoma gets almost double if he or she has a family history of the disease.

It has been found that nature plays a significant role in triggering glaucoma. During the study, Scandinavian decent and Southern European ancestry were found least vulnerable to developing glaucoma. It has been informed that greater exposure to sunrays increases the chances of a person getting affected with the disease. However, it has also been pointed out that the color of eyes doesn't helps in detecting early signs of glaucoma.

Glaucoma is regarded as one of the major causes of triggering blindness. It is estimated that if control over the disease is not brought in time, then about three million people in the US would turn blind by 2020. It is necessary for the government to promote further research in the field of glaucoma.