Risk of incident age-related eye diseases in people with an affected sibling: The Beaver Dam eye study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 207-211

  Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Lee, Kristine E ^a   Moore, Emily L ^a   Danforth, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Cataract; Family characteristics; Follow up studies; Macular degeneration

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DRUSEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RISK; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WISCONSIN;

CANADA;

EID: 0035425830     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/154.3.207     Document Type: Article

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