Visual impairment, age-related eye diseases, and cognitive function: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 895-900

  Ong, Shin Yeu ^a   Cheung, Carol Y ^a,c   Li, Xiang ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,d   Ikram, M Kamran ^a,b,e   Ding, Jie ^a   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,c   Haaland, Benjamin Adam ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a   Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy ^b   Chen, Christopher P L ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AIRLIE HOUSE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CATARACT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY GEOGRAPHICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY CRITERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WISCONSIN AGE RELATED MACULOPATHY GRADING SYSTEM; WISCONSIN CATARACT GRADING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATARACT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84863796986     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.152     Document Type: Article

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