Age-Related Eye Disease, Visual Impairment, and Survival
Open Access
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 124 (2) , 243-249
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.124.2.243
Abstract
Many studies have investigated associations between ocular disorders and survival.1-23 In general, persons with ocular disorders have been shown to have an increased mortality risk compared with persons without the disorders. These associations have been shown with cataract,1,2,4,6,9,13-16,18-21 glaucoma,7 diabetic retinopathy,8,10,22,23 and visual impairment4,9,11,12,17,19 and recently with age-related maculopathy (ARM).3,4 In many instances, these associations can be explained by controlling for systemic mortality risk factors because ocular disorders are associated with these factors. However, some studies do not show associations with ocular disease and mortality.2,5,19 Differences in study design, mortality follow-up, and definitions of these ocular conditions may explain some of these inconsistencies. In the present study, we extend a previous study of mortality and eye disease from our group9 in the large population-based Beaver Dam Eye Study to 14 years of follow-up.Keywords
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