Prevalence and risk factors for age-related macular degeneration in Indians: A comparative study in Singapore and India

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gemmy Cheung, Chui Ming ^a,b,c   Li, Xiang ^b,h   Cheng, Ching Yu ^b,c   Zheng, Yingfeng ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^d   Wang, Jie Jin ^d,e   Jonas, Jost B ^f,g   Nangia, Vinay ^f   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f Suraj Eye Institute   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOREFRACTOR; BODY MASS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; INTERFEROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; WISCONSIN AGE RELATED MACULOPATHY GRADING SYSTEM;

EID: 84875254676     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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