Prevalence of and risk factors for age-related macular degeneration in a multiethnic Asian cohort

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 480-486

  Cheung, Chui Ming Gemmy ^a   Tai, E Shyong ^a   Kawasaki, Ryo ^b   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Lee, Jeannette L ^a   Hamzah, Haslina ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMMETROPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYOPIA; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84859967523     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.376     Document Type: Article

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