Binocular visual-field loss increases the risk of future falls in older white women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-364

  Coleman, Anne L ^a,b   Cummings, Steven R ^d   Yu, Fei ^a,b,c   Kodjebacheva, Gergana ^a,b,c   Ensrud, Kristine E ^e,f   Gutierrez, Peter ^b   Stone, Katie L ^d   Cauley, Jane A ^g   Pedula, Kathryn L ^h   Hochberg, Marc C ⁱ   Mangione, Carol M ^b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular visual field loss; Falls; Older white women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33847288779     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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