Birth cohort effect on prevalence of age-related maculopathy in the Beaver Dam Eye Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 721-729

  Huang, Gan Hua ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Tomany, Sandra C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cohort effect; Cohort studies; Generalized estimating equation; Macular degeneration; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

EYE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037446494     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg011     Document Type: Article

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